Why Does a Dog Sniff Virtually Everything That It Encounters

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Multiple Choice

Why does a dog sniff virtually everything that it encounters?

• A) because its sense of vision is very poor
• B) because olfactory information is rarely transmitted to its brain
• C) because the main way that a dog perceives the world is through olfaction
• D) because sniffing is associated with pleasant odors

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