People can’t save everything. Try as we might (and some of us don’t even bother trying), there will always be endangered species in need of saving. Luckily, it appears dogs can be even better conservationists than humans sometimes.
One such four-legged role model is a rescue dog named Eba who is saving killer whales off the coast of Washington state. When Dr. Deborah Giles, a killer whale researcher at the University of Washington Center for Conservation Biology, adopted her, she didn’t know Eba would turn into a conservation canine.
How? With her super sniffer. Turns out, dogs can be trained to detect wildlife scat. (When they find it, they get to play with a toy.) The scat can clue researchers into a lot of things, like an animal’s recent meals, the presence of chemicals or pollutants, stress level, and pregnancy status.
“That’s where the dog comes in because they can smell these things from a mile away — literally a mile away,” Dr. Giles told Today.
By her second day on the water, Eba was finding whale scat. This information derived from the scat helps conservationists and lawmakers to give the whales wide breadth so as not to disturb them.
“She’s helping answer questions that will go to recovering an endangered species of beloved animals,” Dr. Giles said.
Eba is a natural. She’s also a burgeoning celebrity. She’ll be featured on the upcoming PBS series The Age of Nature narrated by none other than Uma Thurman. She also has her own social media handles and website (Eba, not Uma, that is).
For a pooch who was dumped as a puppy outside of a Sacramento, California, animal shelter wet and cold and weighing only 3 ½ pounds (she now weighs 30), this is quite the achievement. Eba was saved and now she’s saving others. If only humans could live with that kind of attitude, what a wonderful world it would be.
Cover Photo: UW/Center for Conservation Biology
Meanwhile in Florida: Toddler Gets Head Stuck in Toilet Seat, Dad Saves the Day With Saw
MORE NEWS:
Meanwhile in Florida: College Student Jailed For Fish Photo, There Goes His Tinder Profile
Visit the Mandatory Shop for great deals on your very own Mandatory merch.
Follow Mandatory on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Weird News 10-07-2020
-
News Anchor Accidentally Says Another Member of White House Tests Positive For Cocaine, Well He May Not Be Wrong
For more weird news, click here.
Photo Credit: YouTube
-
Three-Legged Bear Caught on Camera Stealing Diet Coke From Garage, Can’t Taste the Feeling
For more weird news, click here.
Photo Credit: Getty Images
-
8 Evil Ways the 2020 Presidential Election Will Be Ridiculous and Unprecedented
For more weird news, click here.
Photo Credit: Chip Somodevilla / Staff and Drew Angerer / Staff (Getty Images)
-
Secret Man Cave Found Under NYC Grand Central Terminal, Still Awaiting Our Invitation to For Distant Group Hang
For more weird news, click here.
Photo Credit: MTA
-
Jaime Harrison Runs Circles Around Lindsey Graham in South Carolina Senate Debate (Watch This Pillsbury Doughboy Get Cooked!)
For more weird news, click here.
Photo Credit: CNN
-
The Best Reaction Tweets to Trump’s COVID-19 Diagnosis
For more weird news, click here.
Photo Credit: Scott Olson / Staff (Getty Images)
-
Trending #FatBearWeek Pits Bears Against One Another in Adorable Body-Shaming Event
For more weird news, click here.
Photo Credit: Sergey Kulikov (Getty Images)
-
Rick Moranis Attacked on New York City Street (Nobody Attacks Rick Moranis in My Country!)
For more weird news, click here.
Photo Credit: DCPI
-
Oh, Baby! Pregnant Woman Saves Husband From Shark Attack
For more weird news, click here.
Photo Credit: Stephen Frink (Getty Images)
-
Trump’s Pathetic Hospital Parade Is a Sad Reminder That Toxic Masculinity Doesn’t Do Sick Days
For more weird news, click here.
Photo Credit: CNN
-
Make America Horny Again: Sex Shop Gives Away Patriotic Vibrators to Encourage Voter Participation
For more weird news, click here.
Photo Credit: SWNS
-
‘Get Your Booty to the Poll’ PSA Uses Strippers to Motivate Voters, We Vote Yes!
For more weird news, click here.
Photo Credit: YouTube
