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Thanks to these properties, dogs are able to perform tasks way be-
yond human beings’ most advanced technological devices. These ani-
mals’ superior attributes are used in finding narcotics, contraband, miss-
ing people, explosives, criminals and the victims of catastrophes. For ex-

ample, the bloodhound, a breed with an exceptionally well de-
veloped sense of smell, can follow tracks of which there are
absolutely no visible traces. They can follow a track for as
much as four days 65 and follow the tracks left by a hu-
man for 80 kilometers (49.7 miles). 66

The breed of dog known
as the bloodhound.

Such dogs are used to rescue survivors from ruins, and German Shepherds are
trained as police dogs.

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