Science Fair Essay
Dogs’ love to play with toys. What type of toy appeals to the dog the most? This is an important question because, an owner of a dog needs to know which toys the dog likes and dislikes, so he/she doesn’t waste their money on toys the dog isn’t appealed to. The hypothesis for this project is that the dogs will like the squeaky toys the most. The topics that have been researched for this project are how dogs eyes work, dogs sense of smell, and their sense of taste. How do dogs eyes work? Dogs’ only have two sensitive cone cells in their retina which are yellow and blue, whereas humans have three which are red, green, and blue. They can’t distinguish yellow, green, or red based on their color but by their brightness. Some colors like red, yellow, and green are only seen as one hue to dogs. This research helps to understand this project by knowing how bright your dog’s toys need to be or else they can’t tell the difference between other toys. How does a dog’s sense of smell work? Dogs sense of smell is 100 times better than humans sense of smell so, this makes the nose the most vulnerable part of the dog’s body. Also dogs have 40 times more scent processing cells in their brain than humans have. Dogs can collect air in a …show more content…
Their biggest taste sensations are sweetness, sourness, and saltiness like humans. Dogs sense of taste is not as developed as human’s, so they will eat anything that appeals to their nose even if it looks disgusting. The reason being is, occasionally they will have an upset stomach and is in need of something to chew or eat. Important concepts about this project is that in order to know the way dogs bodies work. Research really didn’t help a lot because the dog does most of the work, but research helped to understand about dogs taste. Most dogs like the sound of different squeaks, so that’s why squeaky toys are more exciting for the dogs and research said it was appealing to their
Dogs’ love to play with toys. What type of toy appeals to the dog the most? This is an important question because, an owner of a dog needs to know which toys the dog likes and dislikes, so he/she doesn’t waste their money on toys the dog isn’t appealed to. The hypothesis for this project is that the dogs will like the squeaky toys the most. The topics that have been researched for this project are how dogs eyes work, dogs sense of smell, and their sense of taste. How do dogs eyes work? Dogs’ only have two sensitive cone cells in their retina which are yellow and blue, whereas humans have three which are red, green, and blue. They can’t distinguish yellow, green, or red based on their color but by their brightness. Some colors like red, yellow, and green are only seen as one hue to dogs. This research helps to understand this project by knowing how bright your dog’s toys need to be or else they can’t tell the difference between other toys. How does a dog’s sense of smell work? Dogs sense of smell is 100 times better than humans sense of smell so, this makes the nose the most vulnerable part of the dog’s body. Also dogs have 40 times more scent processing cells in their brain than humans have. Dogs can collect air in a …show more content…
Their biggest taste sensations are sweetness, sourness, and saltiness like humans. Dogs sense of taste is not as developed as human’s, so they will eat anything that appeals to their nose even if it looks disgusting. The reason being is, occasionally they will have an upset stomach and is in need of something to chew or eat. Important concepts about this project is that in order to know the way dogs bodies work. Research really didn’t help a lot because the dog does most of the work, but research helped to understand about dogs taste. Most dogs like the sound of different squeaks, so that’s why squeaky toys are more exciting for the dogs and research said it was appealing to their