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Joel Kontinen
Why do dog’s noses feel
cold and wet?
When a dog is satisfied, it
may bump its nose into a human, as a way of saying thanks.
But then the owner will
wonder whether it is all right for a dog to feel like it.
It is normal, said Anna Bálint, a
researcher who studies animal behaviour at Eötvös Loránd University in
Budapest, Hungary.
In a study published in February 2020 in the journal Scientific Reports ,tested 13 pet dogs trained to lie still in a functional MRI
scanner.
"A heat signal could help the dogs," she said.
The article does not indulge in evolution, but on reporting facts as such.
Source:
Leviss, Dani. 2020. Why do dogs have cold noses? Live Science 12 September.
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