Some animals are true heroes - thanks to their extraordinarily fine sensory organs, they are able to register illnesses or imminent natural events.
When we are sick, sometimes unexpected help is at hand.
Some animals can smell various diseases thanks to their particularly fine sensory organs.
Whether infectious diseases, various types of cancer or even tuberculosis.
These fur-coated heroes can bring light into the darkness and save lives from time to time.
You can see here who else can warn us about natural disasters.
Animals, mostly dogs or pigs, are not only helpful in finding truffles.
They succeed in diagnosing diseases in humans or other animals - in some cases even earlier than modern conventional medicine.
The olfactory organs of some animals are so precise that science even imitates them: in medical technology, electronic noses and intelligent sensors are being developed based on nature.
Animals are not only of great help to us when recognizing diseases.
They are also real stars in other areas: giant hamster rats are also used in mined areas.
With their sensitive noses, they sniff out the TNT in the mines and help to ensure that they can be blown up in a controlled manner.
Your additional advantage: Its light weight does not trigger the mine when the rats run over it on their search.
But some animals can also recognize other dangers or natural disasters, such as forest fires - sometimes even faster than our state-of-the-art technology.
According to experts, the pool of sniffing assistants is likely to become much larger in the future: for example, deer or mosquitoes are hot candidates for successful sniffing skills.
This photo series shows that not only humans have a saving function for the animals - our animal companions can sometimes be rescuers for us in times of need.
How can we thank them?
Just love them even more and show them respect.
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