Scats and Dogs

This week's episode of The Dolphin Pod is not actually about dolphins, but this little gem was simply too precious to ignore. Learn all about some very special poop-sniffing dogs that are helping researchers to learn more about endangered whales in this week’s episode. Transcript :: Read a transcript of this week's episode with web links The scent of a whale :: Read an article from the Boston Globe about whale-scat sniffing dogs Faecal sampling using detection dogs to study reproduction and health in North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) :: Read a scientific article about scat-sniffing dogs File Download (4:59 min / 4.6 MB)