(Not The Bee) If it ever seems like your doggo is weirdly in tune with the rhythms of the day — up to and including knowing everyone’s schedules to various degrees — well, it may very well be the case that your pup has an onboard clock, right at the end of his snout:
After decades of wondering, one NPR reporter decided to figure out how her husband’s family dog knew when the school bus would arrive every day. The explanation is more fascinating than you can imagine.https://t.co/hZUrecRn3a
— NPR (@NPR) December 24, 2022
The writer, Michaeleen Doucleff, was told by her husband Matt that their dog Donut appeared to know precisely the time each day when he and his brother were on the bus home from school. She wondered how that was possible, and the research she did turned up a fascinating theory:
Say whaaaa?
Here’s how your pup’s atomic nose might work:
