MINI BELIEVE IT OR NOT –

A trained bloodhound is the first animal whose evidence is legally admissible in some US courts.

  • A typical bloodhound’s nose is lined with 230 million scent receptors – around 40 times more than the human nose
  • The bloodhound offering evidence needs to be trained to detect what they’re searching for
  • People have been thrown in jail based on the “testimony” of bloodhounds
  • Trained dogs smelling the substance they’re trained to find has been the basis for search warrants

MINI BION EXTRAS

Bloodhound

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  • A bloodhound can follow a 5-day-old scent for 50 miles
  • Killing a bloodhound in medieval France was a crime punishable by a fine of 4,500 francs
  • Two bloodhounds in Oneida, Kansas, successfully tracked a horse-and-buggy thief 135 miles

MINI BION

“BIONs” – short for Believe It or Not – is the word we use at Ripley’s to refer to anything that is unbelievable and worthy to become part of Ripley’s lore and collection.