Do dogs have nose hairs?

Moment of Um

American Public Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

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🗓️ 15 July 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Who doesn’t love a dog nose? They’re cute, often very wet and way better at smelling the world than our puny human noses. Dog noses are one of the few places dogs don’t have hair. But what about inside? Do they have nose hair like we do? We asked dog researcher Alexandra Horowitz to help us find the answer.

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0:00.0	From the brains behind brains on, this is moment of um.
0:05.2	Answering those questions that make you go, um, um, Moment of Um,
0:14.0	Mm.
0:15.0	Um, um, um.
0:17.0	Moment of Um,
0:20.0	Moment of Um, from you from APM Studios. I'm Sandin Totten here with my friend Penelope Poodle.
0:28.8	Okay, Penelope, ready? Go.
0:35.0	Fine. You can balance a salt shaker on your nose longer than I can. That's another trophy for you.
0:46.4	Ugh! My Palpinelli Poodle and I are just doing the Nose Olympics and she is burying me like I'm a bone in the backyard.
0:55.3	So far she's won the sniffing contest, the cuteness contest.
0:59.7	They're using your nose to push an elevator button contest.
1:03.4	And now, she just won the balancing assault shaker on your Schnau's contest.
1:09.1	This isn't fair.
1:10.6	Wait, I know one nose-related arena. I excel in.
1:14.4	Nose hair! Ha! Yeah! Let's see who has the better honker hair. You or me, Penelope.
1:21.0	Wait, do you even have nose hair, Penelope?
1:25.0	Madeline sent us a question about this.
1:27.3	Do dogs have hair in their noses?
1:29.5	That's such a great question that I don't think I've ever thought of and I'm obsessed with the dog knows.
1:37.0	I'm Alexandra Horowitz. I study dog behavior and cognition at Barnard College in New York City and I've written several books on the mind of the dog.
1:48.0	I don't think they do. I have not seen nose hairs in dogs.
1:53.6	Their noses function like ours, but anatomically
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