this post was submitted on 21 Nov 2023
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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Yeah, I’m gonna need you to explain the last part.

[–] Matthew 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Dog smell something gross, dog roll around in it

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

To add; it’s to mask their own scent. It’s an instinctive habit inherited from wolves that we’ve never quite been able to get rid of.

By getting smelly stuff on them; they can sneak up in prey better. Most dogs don’t even know how to sneak…. But they still do it.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

We like to hike in the hills behind our home, and there are a lot of foxes in the area. Her favorite thing is to roll in fox shit.

This go around she stumbled upon a fresh pile of diarrhea.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Majestic.

(Though probably not as much if you could smell it.)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

The hiiillss are aliiiive with the smell of diahrreaaaaaa

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I keep wanting to sing "Born Free" haha