impatientredhead
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Interesting Scandi - wow, I sure had that wrong! I thought we ALL had the same death scent, the same decomp gases; and we all had different scents as live humans. Do I have it backwards or are there two distinct, individual scents...live and decomp for each human being. TIA :waitasec: didn't know this! Thanks
To my understanding dogs searching for the living are looking for a specific scent unique to that person. Cadaver dogs are not given a specific human to look for but are trained to find the smell of decomposing human flesh.
Cadaver dogs that would look for a specific person would be a different type of training and skill set, so while possible to find a specific deceased person the dogs we see identified as cadaver dogs the vast vast majority are looking for any deceased human.
Did that make sense? Or was it as circular as it sounded in my head?