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How many smell receptors does a dog's nose have?

300 million
receptors
300,000,000 exactly, give or take
You have about 6 million. A dog can smell one rotten apple in two million barrels.SOURCEAlabama A&M / PBS Nova
Scale check: 300 million is roughly about the population of Japan.
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