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Nina Massey & Nicola Roy

INSANE: Dogs can smell when a human is stressed according to new study | Rare Historical Photos

Dogs are known for their powerful noses, sniffing out drugs and explosives as a safety measure.

But it's now been discovered they can actually smell when humans are stressed - even when it's someone they don't know, according to a new study carried out by Queen's University Belfast.

Researchers say this skill could be useful when training therapy and service dogs, as stress can be detected by the scent of a person's sweat and breath.

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