# Why do dogs roll around on carcasses?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 20, 2012, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-dogs-roll-around-on-carcasses/616295 "2012-03-20T08:23:25Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 21, 2012, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-dogs-roll-around-on-carcasses/616295/21 "2012-03-21T16:11:22Z")

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> [@kambuckta](#):
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> When you posted that it was 8.08pm (Australian Eastern Daylight Saving Time) on Tuesday evening. Here now it’s 3.33pm (AEDST) on Wednesday arvo.
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> I live in a smallish rural town (pop: 5000) in the southern part of NSW where it borders Victoria, further to the south. It’s an agricultural area (look up RIVERINA via wiki) but there’s some minor industries in the region as well. Tourism (we’re on the Murray River) is big for boating, fishing and waterskiing and we’re adjacent to a popular wine-growing area as well, so weekend winery tours are v popular too. It’s pretty flat here, yet we’re barely 100km from some of the highest mountains in the continent, Mt(s) Buffalo, Bogong, Buller etc. We like to name our mountains starting with a B 'round here. 😃

Cool! 🆒  
Thanks for the extensive response, **kambuckta**! 🙂

Bummer! You should have made BIL wash the dog _ **and** _ trade sleeping bags with you. 😉

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