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Name: David
Status: Student
Age: 17
Location: N/A
Country: USA
Date: 2000-2001
Question:
Can dogs smell when someone is afraid of them or is a foe to them?


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They seem to be able to sense a lot more than one would expect...a few years back it was found that dogs could pick out of a series of test tubes which ones had cancerous cells in them...dogs are also used to warn epileptics hours before thay are going to have a seizure, well before any human including the epileptic knows...

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