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Can dogs smell when you're coming home

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Your golden retriever does not have a watch, but they have a nose that acts like a highly sophisticated temporal tracking device. Throughout the day, the scent of you lingering in a room slowly decays and dissipates at a measurable rate. Dogs literally smell exactly how much of your odor is left to perfectly predict when you are due to return from work.

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