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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-B8787EA7-890A-4611-A589-FD4B6B8FD2A4 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I did not see the episode as I've been traveling in the southwest US after s= pending a week visiting a couple of bison preserves in Oklahoma. However, th= at's interesting about research into using trained dogs to help track herps a= t Keji. For many years I had a Rough Collie - Sabrina - a very kindly dog t= hat accompanied us while we were hiking and photographing insects and herps.= After a summer or two of hikes, she became very adept at pointing out frog= s, toads, snakes, turtles, millipedes, and even butterflies perched on leave= s. She probably used both scent and sight to locate creatures. When she foun= d something of interest, she would stop by the creature and then look from i= t to us and back again until we came over to investigate. She was not inter= ested in pursuing any of these creatures, just in making their presence know= n. Oddly, she also noticed certain unusual plants and also fungi, and would= stop to sniff up and down the leaves. We nicknamed her Botany Dog as she s= eemed so interested in plants. On my first trip across the southwest after D= on's death in 2008, she and I encountered a plant known as Desert Holly or "= saltbush" (Atriplex hymenelytra) growing on the exceedingly hostile salt fl= ats of the Searle Valley region of California (adjacent to the the Death Val= ley region). It is an odd plant that grows in highly saline soil and has pa= le whitish leaves which secrete excess salt crystals onto the leaf hairs whi= ch, in turn protect the plant from intense sunlight. Sabrina spent a goodly= time inspecting several of these plants, looked around for a few moments th= en headed back to my van. It seemed that she was of the opinion that this w= as a "nothing to see here, folks" place and was ready to move on. bev wigney=20 Round Hill, NS in summer Sent from my iPad On 2013-11-25, at 8:50 PM, "P.L. Chalmers" <plchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca> wrot= e: > Did anyone else watch the recent episode on the Nature of Things on Dogs? = Interesting stuff, and I wish some ideas had been given more time. >=20 > I was interested in Simon Godbois of Dalhousie's research on "canine olfac= tion" used to track down Ribbon Snakes at Keji. =20 >=20 --Apple-Mail-B8787EA7-890A-4611-A589-FD4B6B8FD2A4 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 <html><head></head><body bgcolor=3D"#FFFFFF"><div>I did not see the episode a= s I've been traveling in the southwest US after spending a week visiting a c= ouple of bison preserves in Oklahoma. However, that's interesting about rese= arch into using trained dogs to help track herps at Keji. For many yea= rs I had a Rough Collie - Sabrina - a very kindly dog that accompanied= us while we were hiking and photographing insects and herps. After a s= ummer or two of hikes, she became very adept at pointing out frogs, toads, s= nakes, turtles, millipedes, and even butterflies perched on leaves. She prob= ably used both scent and sight to locate creatures. When she found something= of interest, she would stop by the creature and then look from it to us and= back again until we came over to investigate. She was not interested i= n pursuing any of these creatures, just in making their presence known. &nbs= p;Oddly, she also noticed certain unusual plants and also fungi, and would s= top to sniff up and down the leaves. We nicknamed her Botany Dog as sh= e seemed so interested in plants. On my first trip across the southwes= t after Don's death in 2008, she and I encountered a plant known as Des= ert Holly or "saltbush" <i style=3D"padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0p= x; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0p= x; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">(Atriplex hymenelytra) </i> = growing on the exceedingly hostile salt flats of the Searle Valley region of= California (adjacent to the the Death Valley region). It is an odd pl= ant that grows in highly saline soil and has pale whitish leaves which secre= te excess salt crystals onto the leaf hairs which, in turn protect the= plant from intense sunlight. <span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D= "-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-compositio= n-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color= : rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">Sabrina spent a goodly time inspecting sev= eral of these plants, looked around for a few moments then headed back to my= van. It seemed that she was of the opinion that this was a "nothing t= o see here, folks" place and was ready to move on.</span></div><div><p style= =3D"padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left:= 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0= px; "></p>bev wigney </div><div>Round Hill, NS in summer</div><div><br>= Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On 2013-11-25, at 8:50 PM, "P.L. Chalmers" &= lt;<a href=3D"mailto:plchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca">plchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca<= /a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div><span>= Did anyone else watch the recent episode on the Nature of Things on Dogs? &n= bsp;Interesting stuff, and I wish some ideas had been given more time.</span= ><br><span></span><br><span>I was interested in Simon Godbois of Dalhousie's= research on "canine olfaction" used to track down Ribbon Snakes at Keji. &n= bsp;</span><br><span></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-B8787EA7-890A-4611-A589-FD4B6B8FD2A4--
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