awwbyGhostalmedia One last senic shot of my dog, with a neck covered in fox diarrheaView original on lemmy.world126Comments7Reply
FuglyDuck replylemmy.worldTo add; it’s to mask their own scent. It’s an instinctive habit inherited from wolves that we’ve never quite been able to get rid of. By getting smelly stuff on them; they can sneak up in prey better. Most dogs don’t even know how to sneak…. But they still do it.16Reply
Ghostalmedia replylemmy.worldWe like to hike in the hills behind our home, and there are a lot of foxes in the area. Her favorite thing is to roll in fox shit. This go around she stumbled upon a fresh pile of diarrhea.11Reply
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Yeah, I’m gonna need you to explain the last part.
Dog smell something gross, dog roll around in it
To add; it’s to mask their own scent. It’s an instinctive habit inherited from wolves that we’ve never quite been able to get rid of.
By getting smelly stuff on them; they can sneak up in prey better. Most dogs don’t even know how to sneak…. But they still do it.
We like to hike in the hills behind our home, and there are a lot of foxes in the area. Her favorite thing is to roll in fox shit.
This go around she stumbled upon a fresh pile of diarrhea.
Majestic.
(Though probably not as much if you could smell it.)
The hiiillss are aliiiive with the smell of diahrreaaaaaa
I keep wanting to sing "Born Free" haha