Long-Haired Mini Dachshund's Perfectly Boop-Able Nose Will Make You Melt
We're pretty sure it doesn't get any sweeter than this mini dachshund named Maple enjoying some gentle love-boops on her adorable dog nose. The darling little tan pup may just melt your heart with her soothing, wide-eyed wonder as her human softly touches her nose with a single finger. The TikTok video is so simple, but oh so satisfying!
@grantanderson31 Maple loves her boops #minidachshund
Captioned, "Maple loves her boops" and set to a playful children's song plainly titled "Boop," the hypnotic TikTok video oozes with charm, especially because miniature Maple is just too darn cute. So cute, in fact, that one commenter bluntly states, "I hope it's not AI," to which the creator of the video replies, "She is most definitely 100% not AI!" Meanwhile, another points out that Maple is "the most cartoon real dog I've ever seen," as others ooh and ahh over how precious she is. Three cheers for Maple and her super boopable dog nose, everyone!
Fun facts about dog noses
While people's noses tend to blend in with their faces, dog noses often stand out, as they protrude from the tip of their snout or look like big, beautiful buttons in the center of their already endearing faces. Dogs spend their days wiggling them around and shoving them into places to get a good sniff, eagerly using their 300 million scent receptors (compared to humans' roughly 6 million, making their sense of smell tens of thousands of times more powerful than ours).
Their super-powered noses allow them to experience the world through the "eyes" of the sensory organ, including being able to wiggle each nostril independently to figure out from which direction a scent is coming, and having specialized heat/thermal radiation detectors that allow them to seek out warm-blooded prey. Hence, dogs often make good trackers.
Additionally, dog noses each come with their own unique print similar to a human fingerprint, making each and every one of them truly special. Beyond that, though, dog noses can just be plain ol' adorable! Interested in more dog nose facts? Here are some unexpected things researchers suspect dogs can smell.