We might not be able to measure the intelligence of dogs in the same way as humans, but they have some abilities that we certainly don’t.
Take their supreme sense of smell, for example, which can not only help them sniff out the best dog food but also allow them to detect medical conditions, sometimes even saving lives, like these dogs training to detect bowel cancer. But could dogs be able to detect natural disasters like earthquakes and volcanic eruptions? That’s what scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behaviour in Konstanz, Germany are trying to find out.
