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 \n# Why Do Dogs Have Wet Noses?\n\nTo my grandchildren,  \nShani,Ravi,Chevi,Dassi,Cora,Mateo,Santiago and Centainne—Sc  \nWhy Do DogsHaveWet Noses?  \nFirst paperback edition 2008  \nText ◎2006 Stanley Coren  \nISBN 978-1-55453-756-3  \nCM PA100987654321  \nPublished in Canada byKids Can Press Ltd.25 Dockside DriveToronto,ON M5A 0B5  \nwww.kidscanpress.com  \nEdited by Shana Hayes and Charis WahlDesigned by Marie Bartholomewlustrations by Celeste Gagnon  \nPhoto Credits  \nAbbreviations:t=top;b=bottom  \nCover photograph:Photodisc,Inc.  \nCM 060987654CM PA080987654321  \nCoren,Stanley  \nWhy do dogs have wet noses?/by Stanley Coren.  \n1.Dogs-Miscellanea-Juvenile literature.I.Title.  \nSF426.5.C692006 j636.7 C2005-902156-X  \nThis edition is only available for distribution through the school market byScholastic Book Clubs.  \nAll rights reserved.No part of this publication may be reproduced,stored in aretrieval system or transmitted,in any form or by any means,without the priorwritten permission of Kids Can Press Ltd.or,in case of photocopying or otherreprographic copying,a license from The Canadian Copyright LicensingAgency(Access Copyright).For an Access Copyright license,visitwww.accesscopyright.ca or call toll free to 1-800-893-5777.  \nKids Can Press acknowledges the financial support of the Government ofOntario,through the Ontario Media Development Corporation's Ontario BookInitiative;the Ontario Arts Council;the Canada Council for the Arts;and theGovernment of Canada,through the BPIDP,for our publishing activity.  \nPublished in the U.S.byKids Can Press Ltd.2250 Military RoadTonawanda,NY 14150  \nEvery reasonable effort has been made to trace ownership of,and give accuratecredit to,copyrighted material.Information that would enable the publisher tocorrect any discrepancies in future editions would be appreciated.  \np.11:Dale C.Spartas/Corbis;p.13(t):photos.com;p.25(b):Melissa  \nMcClellan;p.28:Dale C.Spartas/Corbis;p.30:Shaun Best/Reuters/Corbis;  \np.34(t):Robert Llewellyn/Corbis;p.35:Tom Stewart/Corbis;p.45:Dick  \nHemingway;p.46(t):Index Stock,(b)Tim Davis/Corbis;p.47(t):Ivy Images;  \np.51:Photodisc/Getty Images;p.54:Dale C.Spartas/Corbis;p.55:Keven R.  \nMorris/Corbis;p.57:Dale C.Spartas/Corbis;p.63:Ivy Images.  \nAll other photos Photodisc,Inc.,Stockybyte,JUPITERIMAGES.  \nThe hardcover edition of this book is smyth sewn casebound.  \nThe paperback edition of this book is limp sewn with a drawn-on cover.Manufactured in Buji,Shenzhen,China,in 12/2010 by WKT Company  \nLibrary and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication  \nISBN 978-1-55337-657-6(bound).ISBN 978-1-55337-658-3(pbk.)  \nKids Can Press is a l◎  JS Entertainment company  \nontents  \nHow Humans and Dogs Became Friends 7  \nHow Dogs See the World 23  \nHow Dogs Talk 37  \nHow Dogs Think 49  \n3  \nHow Humans and DogsBecame Friends  \nDogs are full of secrets.They have their ownmysterious way of thinking.They use theirown language when they talk to other dogsand to people.(Dogs understand other dogs;humans often don't have a clue about whatdogs are saying.)Dogs'eyes,ears and nosesgive them a picture of the world that's verydifferent from humans'.When dogs are bornthey already know how to do some things andto act in certain ways.How do they know this?And how did dogs and people come to loveeach other in the first place?  \nLet's see if we can solve some of thesemysteries together.  \n7  \nAre dogs just tame wolves?Some dogs look a lot like wolves.Others,like Saint Bernards and  \ndachshunds,don't look like wolves atall.So did dogs really start out as wolves?How can we tell?  \nOne way is by their ability to make families.If,say,a wolf father and a dog mother canmake puppies together,and their puppies canhave puppies,then the wolf and dog are thesame kind of animal(or species).  \nDogs can have puppies with wolves all right,but also with jackals,coyotes,dingoes,Africanwild dogs and even some kinds of foxes.Sodogs are probably a mixture of all these animals.  \nT","cbCaiasS7FjSfxDD","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiasS7FjSfxDD","pdf",2538548,68,"English","# Why Do Dogs Have Wet Noses?\n## How Humans and Dogs Became Friends\n## How Dogs See the World\n## How Dogs Talk\n## How Dogs Think","[{\"question\":\"Why do dogs have wet noses?\",\"answer\":\"The book explains that dogs’ noses help them build a very different picture of the world than humans get, and it frames wet noses as part of dogs’ specialized senses.\"},{\"question\":\"How did humans and dogs become friends?\",\"answer\":\"The text poses this as a central mystery and starts investigating it by looking at what dogs already know from birth and how dogs interact using their own language.\"},{\"question\":\"Are dogs just tame wolves?\",\"answer\":\"The excerpt discusses that some dogs look like wolves while others do not, then suggests one way to tell by comparing their ability to form families and reproduce.\"}]","Why Do Dogs Have Wet Noses? 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