The world's first archaeological dog

A Australian hybrid Black Labrador breed called Migaloo has been trained to become the world's first "archaeological dog".

Dog trainer Gary Jackson said Migaloo has the ability to point out the location of animal bones buried hundreds of years ago. It can also help plant and animal conservationists due to their ability to sniff out many animals, indicating where plants invade or guide ocean biologists to hunt for whales. .

Because dog noses have olfactory receptors that are 200 million times more sensitive than humans, scientists need their help in the field to track and track the density of life. of wild creatures.

In terms of his ability to assist the archaeological work of Migaloo, Mr. Jackson said he was allowed by the tribal elders to train and test this ability with their ancestral bone samples at the South Australian Museum .

The experiment showed that Migaloo could detect bones in the grave 600 years ago, buried in an area of ​​0.4ha. Within just 2 minutes, Migaloo ran around the human bone position and started digging. Mr. Jackson said Migaloo could smell bones buried 3 meters away, although the bone sample was just as small as nails.

Mr. Jackson plans to bring Migaloo to France and Belgium next year to find the dead American and Australian soldiers' graves in World War II battlefields, which have now become arable land.