Comments on: Episode 39: Chinese Invasion Alarm

By: Mart

Mart — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:12:14 +0000

They should have asked a vet about the dog mouth things, any good vet could have told them that yes, a dog mouth is cleaner then a human because dogs have anti-bacteria in their saliva. Thats also why they lick their wounds, it prevent infection.

By: JR

JR — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:20:40 +0000

Just found this site – hence the late reply! We’ve always had the 5 second rule in our house – as showing a fairly hardy/commonsense approach to life. Also we are a pretty healthy family who rarely visit the doctor. I agree with Craig, that a quickly picked up piece of food would not have come into contact with so much bacteria. However – I’m not sure I would follow the 5 second rule out of the house – say on a street or in a high footfall area… I do think it comes to common sense. An interesting aside – my daughter is part of a large study based in Bristol, UK, which has shown that younger children in the house actually benefit from having older siblings – especially boys – who are outside grubbing about (in germs)!

By: MSpears

MSpears — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 06:16:33 +0000

Ever tasted wet dog food? It’s no wonder the dog licks their arse, he’s trying to get the taste of the dog food out of his mouth.

By: PFC Ridgley

PFC Ridgley — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 04:47:00 +0000

hey, im focusing on this project with my sgt. i would really love more info on this tunneling detection if anyone can find some.

By: Calen

Calen — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 04:27:51 +0000

We do tons of dirty things, including handling money, which has been touched by who knows how many people with diseases and bad hygeine. If you compare that to dog saliva, regardless of what they’ve done, I think you’re pretty safe. As for the ‘ew’ factor, if we knew all the things that were in the stuff we eat and use, like guano, or bat poo, in women’s makeup, I’m pretty sure remnants of dog poo would be low on the list.
Doggy licks have the benefit of making the dog and owner happy, I’ll take my chances :p

By: Cole

Cole — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 12:56:21 +0000

I’m a 5 grader doing the test is a dogs mouth cleaner than a humans is their a gel for it or not

By: raymond

raymond — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 22:10:46 +0000

Yeah, I’ve seen dog’s eat some nasty stuff before and then walk away like it was nothing. But, we humans can go to a doctor or take some medicine to help us and our body’s system’s out if we get sick.

By: toxichild311

toxichild311 — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 02:36:43 +0000

for the dog’s mouth is cleaner thing, how come they didnt just test a couple more dogs?????

By: nw

nw — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:14:07 +0000

human mouths are less clean the bacteria if introduced to an open wound is more deadly than a culture from a dogs mouth

By: Katie

Katie — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:38:09 +0000

I am doing a science experiment on Whose mouth is cleaner, a dog’s or a human’s and My results are that the human’s mouth is cleaner than a dog’s. The amount of bacteria is close in comparison, but the dog’s mouths were still dirtier. I am confused!! :/