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The smell of danger: Rats instinctively avoid compound in carnivore urine - 0 views

  • Ferrero discovered that one of the 14 TAARs, TAAR4, detected the odor of several carnivores.
  • a kairomone, a chemical that works like a pheromone, except that it communicates between members of different species instead of members of the same species.
  • "One of the things that's really new here is that this is a generalized predator kairomone that's volatile," s
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  • It's been known so long that predator odors are great rodent deterrents, but we've discovered one molecule that's a key part of this ecological relationship,
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Ruff day at the office? Take Your Dog to Work goes wild - TODAY Pets & Animals - TODAY.com - 0 views

  • one in five U.S. companies is pet-friendly
  • employees and 18 dogs on a two-hour hike through the woods on the Belgium-Netherlands borde
  • dinner at In den Bockenreyder, a popular pet-friendly restaurant in Esbeek,
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  • he dogs will have an opportunity to swim in the little streams and play with one another along the way
  • Hachiko (www.hachiko.org), an organization that trains assistance dogs to work with people with motor disabilities or who suffer from epilepsy
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What's a Coonhound? Three new dog breeds announced - TODAY Pets & Animals - TODAY.com - 0 views

  • AKC recognition benefits families who are choosing a pet. “You can get a dog that has specific qualities that are going to work with your family,” Duffney said. “That’s the great thing about a purebred dog — there’s one for everyone.”
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    AKC recognition benefits families who are choosing a pet. "You can get a dog that has specific qualities that are going to work with your family," Duffney said. "That's the great thing about a purebred dog - there's one for everyone."
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Partnership program trains volunteers to become pet detectives | Seattle News, Weather,... - 0 views

  • "This is a service that will find animals that might be scared and hiding, and a microchip isn't going to find them," she said.
  • Millions of dogs and cats go missing every year, and the common techniques people use aren't effective,
  • We use scent tracking dogs, cat detection dogs, high-tech equipment, wildlife cameras that snap pictures,' Albrecht said. "We've used a lot of surveillance equipment.
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