this post was submitted on 21 Nov 2023
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[–] ericisshort@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Yeah, I’m gonna need you to explain the last part.

[–] Matthew@programming.dev 24 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Dog smell something gross, dog roll around in it

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

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.

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

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.

[–] leftzero@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Majestic.

(Though probably not as much if you could smell it.)

[–] kambusha@feddit.ch 5 points 2 years ago

The hiiillss are aliiiive with the smell of diahrreaaaaaa

[–] CheeryLBottom@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I keep wanting to sing "Born Free" haha