All animals, human and nonhuman alike, experience the world through the perceptive lens of their senses: seeing, hearing, touching, and smelling. But we humans often fail to take in just how different ...

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Have you ever wondered why your dog takes such a long time to sniff a patch of grass? Or why flies buzz around so sporadically? It’s because most of what a creature actually senses is invisible to us.

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Source: Dale mcLelland / Used with Permission In addition to physical activity and enrichment, dogs and other animals need sensory enrichment that will allow them to use taste, touch, smell, sound, ...