Discovered a Strange Breed of Dog With 2 Noses in Bolivia

This is an extremely rare breed, only bred in Bolivia, thanks to its sense of smell, which is twice as sensitive as ordinary dogs, so they are often taken to look for South American jaguars.

The breed was first mentioned in 1913 in the journals of explorer Colonel Percy Fawcett following his expedition into the Amazon jungle. However, no one in the world believed that there would be such a strange animal.

Colonel Blashford-Snell, president of the Society for Scientific Expeditions, also saw the two-nosed hound for the first time in 2005 during that year's expedition in the Ojakee region.

"I was sitting by the campfire one night and I saw a strange dog that looked like it had two noses," the colonel recalled. "I was kind of drunk and thought I was watching a chicken turn into a country."

On his second visit to the Ojaki area in 2007, the Colonel had the opportunity to confirm the existence of the two-nosed Xingu dog - the son of the bitch Bella he had met two years earlier - with his own eyes.

Colonel Blashford-Snell said the military arrived and took a DNA sample from the dog. Because in Bolivia, there are not only two-nosed dogs, but every household has a two-nosed dog.

The breed is speculated to be a descendant of Spain's famous two-nosed Pachon Navarro, which was very popular during the Conquistador period (the time when the Spanish invaded Central and South America). However, probably due to climate and living conditions, these special dogs only exist in Bolivia now.

After the investigation, the Bolivian army came to collect DNA samples from the two-nosed dogs. They think that because they have two noses, they probably have twice the sense of smell as a normal dog. Therefore, this breed of dog needs to be bred for safety reasons.