What Have we Done to Sophie? (Sophie's Choice--Hot Dog?)
HELLO GENTLE READERS,
What have we done to Sophie? I was watching a show on Nat' Geo' the other day and it got me thinking about the "hand-of-man". How we must change (or destroy) anything in our path. Sophie is a Bloodhound, a cousin of the noble wolf.
Did you know that a Bloodhound's sense of smell is 1,000 times greater than that of a human? How do they know? How do you measure it? What are the units? Is there an "Oderon" or something?
Anyway, Sophie was given a task. A "suspect" was given a shell casing to briefly touch. The casing was then sealed in a "CSI Miami" crime scene envelope. The suspect was given two hours to make his get-away. He drove across town for two miles and then proceeded on foot through busy streets. He then walked to a busy, windy, public beach. He walked on the busy beach through a trail of hot dog weiners. Hot dog weiners! He then sat on the beach waiting for Sophie.
The shell casing was removed from the envelope and Sophie was given a quick sniff, and as Sherlock Holmes would say, "The game is a'foot". Sophie followed the trail, street by steet, no less (Sophie's better than MapQuest)! Onward faithful Sophie! To the beach she went. Through the hot dogs went Sophie! Did Sophie stop for a hot dog snack (I would've)? No, no, no! Not our Sophie! did Sophie get her man? You bet!
Amazing! We have, through selective breeding, created a dog who ignores "fatty" meat. Lo, the poor wolf.
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yogamommy on
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is that a true story and how cute is sophie, wow!! and that is great but i still don't believe that it is exactly 1k times stronger than our sense of smell but maybe 1001, 1002, maybe even 2078? would it not vary from dog to dog? great entry. |
