Grizzly Bears
The silvertip grizzly bear has an insane sense of smell and that essentially makes them an apex predator in their environment. Their ability to smell prey and humans, potential threats, can range up to 18 miles. So it should be no surprise to hear that this type of grizzly bear can also sense incoming storms and other potential disasters. Their improved olfactory senses could probably also sniff out cancer, but running a cancer sniffing test with a grizzly bear would be terrifying in and of itself. Fortunately our next animal is ready for the job.
Grizzly Bears
Dogs
Cancer. The ‘Big C’ in all health related diagnoses. It seems like, at this point anyway, we will always be trying to figure out how to diagnose and cure cancer, if not outright prevent the deadly disease. While scientific advances have almost completely changed the health playing field, compared to even just 25 years ago, we can still fall short at times. So it is absolutely baffling that dogs have shown an almost supernatural ability to sniff out cancer and even diabetes in people who are afflicted. Dogs successfully sniffed out cancer with a 98% accuracy rating in a study done by the American Urological Association, thanks to the 200 million olfactory cells in their noses. Simply put, this is an amazing feat.
Dogs