Aurora here is helping me showcase one of the surprising similarities between dogs and reptiles. We all know dogs noses are crazy powerful and the can create 3D “maps” of scent thanks to the vomeronasal organ on the roof of their mouths. Each nostril can work independently collecting smells and telling them what direction things are in. If you’ve ever done scentwork with your dogs you’ve seen this amazing superpower in action. Well our snakeys have the same organ only, instead of sniffing, the s