Spring and summer time to date have been exceptionally moist right here in Maine. It is beginning to make us all a little bit nutty. Whatever the climate, our canines nonetheless must run round and go for walks. Just a few days in the past I took our canines for a stroll within the pouring rain. Once I returned my youngest daughter commented on the scent of our moist canines. After all, that prompted her sister to then say “why are they so pungent?”Â
As soon as once more, my daughters raised a query that I’ve by no means considered. I’ve simply all the time accepted that moist canines are smelly canines. As one does when a toddler asks “why are moist canines pungent?” I turned to YouTube. Positive sufficient, I shortly discovered a SciShow Youngsters video that addresses that very query.Â
Why Are Moist Canines Smelly? does a pleasant job of explaining to elementary faculty college students {that a} canine’s fur is house to plenty of microbes that develop into simpler for people to scent when a canine will get moist after which shakes his or her fur.Â
