Poppy, an oil spill-sniffing dog

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Meet Poppy, an oil spill-sniffing dog and a scientific trailblazer

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Six-year-old springer spaniel Poppy sniffed out an oil spill submerged in water and trapped under ice.

Poppy found every oil hole with no false positives on tests of diesel and condens.

For at least the past decade , dogs have been sniffing out oil spills in Canada , helping clean Nova Scotia's shores of tanker oil.

Poppy has millions more receptors in her nose and a much larger part of her brain dedicated to smell than any human.

The study was funded by a section of the U.S. Coast Guard dedicated to oil spill response research.

The dogs have been trained to sniff out bombs, rubble-trapped earthquake victims and contaminated foods.

In 2017 , Bunker started his own dog training and consulting company, Chiron-K9 , based in San Antonio .

He said he’s selective about where he sends the dogs he trains, and any conservation group or law enforcement agency he works with has to give the dog a home and keep them “happy”.

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