Poop detectives
Subtitle: working dogs in the field
By: by Ginger Wadsworth
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Watertown, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 80
ISBN-13: 9781580896504
Subjects: Training; Juvenile literature; Working dogs; Detector dogs
Description: How can dogs that sniff for excrement, urine, vomit, and mucus help protect animals from extinction? Scat-detection dogs like Wicket, Tucker, and Orbee are conservation heroes and pioneers in a cutting-edge field of science. Canine detec-tives use their super sense of smell to locate the scat of target animals. From loose bear dung to gooey whale poop, scat can tell scientists valuable information about an animal's sex, age, diet, and health--all without harming the animal or endanger-ing the researcher.
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Table of contents: title: A new job for Freddie?; title: The nose knows: the science behind super sniffers; title: School is in session: training a scat-detection dog; title: Into the wild: gathering Grizzly scat; title: On the open sea: tailing whales; title: Beyond poop: finding tortoises, turtle eggs, and owl pellets; title: Frequent flyers: finding scat around the world; title: Conclusion: It's a dog's life.