Why do dogs sniff each others’ bums? an is it a forum of biological communication

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Anonymous Sat Feb 25 08:40:28 2012 No.4403142 [Reply] [Original]

Why do dogs sniff each others’ bums?
an is it a forum of biological communication

Axel the Possum Sat Feb 25 08:50:39 2012 No.4403164

It is, of a sort. Dogs have a lot of scent glands there, so that's where a dog's "personal" scent is the strongest.

Dogs have extremely powerful noses and, compared to us, relatively poor vision, so they identify the world, and each other, by sound and smell over sight. This isn't to say that they have terrible vision, just that, like us, they specialize with other senses.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 25 08:53:04 2012 No.4403176 File: 100 KB, 500x619, MitchStiffy_500.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >biological communication yup

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 25 18:22:28 2012 No.4404743 >>4403142 >>>/an/

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 25 18:25:20 2012 No.4404762 it's so they can tell if the dog is male or female

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 25 19:25:59 2012 No.4405017 as opposed to non-biological communication?

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