scent tracking
Following odor trails
Scent tracking is following a trail by smell, typically done by dogs trained to detect and pursue the odor left by a person or animal.
Bloodhounds and other breeds with keen noses are used in search and rescue, law enforcement, and hunting: The dog picked up the scent and began tracking through the woods.
- bloodhoundScent-tracking dog breed
- olfactionSense of scent detection
- cadaver dogsRemains-detection canines
- chemoreceptionDetection of chemical stimuli
- spoorAnimal's passage evidence
sniffing · pheromones · air currents · trailing · hot trail · beagle · prey drive · hunting · musk · search · prey · follow · game · instinct · nose · rescue · humidity levels · missing persons
- predator traitssharp teeth, sharp claws, fangs, claws, talons
- reptile traitsscaly, cold-blooded, slithering, forked tongue, shedding skin
- animal sensessight, smell, taste, touch, hearing
- predationstalking, pursuit, pouncing, attack, killing
- dog behaviorchasing, stalking, pouncing, lunging, biting
- canine worlddog, puppy, wolf, fox, coyote
sensory modality
scent trackingvisual tracking
Following motion with eyes
echolocation · thermal imaging · radar tracking · satellite tracking · GPS tracking