Dog That Sniffs Out 'Sea Vomit' Wins Animal of the Year

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA six-year-old black Labrador named Sgiath, from the Scottish Highlands, has been named Animal of the Year for sniffing out an invasive slime called the carpet sea squirt, the Smithsonian Magazine reports.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt is also known as sea vomit.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorMy hot take: this is the best career pivot in Britain. She started in mountain rescue, and now she's in marine conservation.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorShe followed her nose and her truth.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNot. She went from saving people on a mountain to smelling slime on a beach. That's a demotion with a trophy.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorMine is that she's found hundreds of colonies, the BBC says, and they've only just got a second dog.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorIt's a staffing crisis in a wet suit, and the slime knows it.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHot. Two dogs against the whole coast is thin.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorTwo dogs is a team, Dale. Uisge is her protégé, and that's mentorship.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThree years old and already reporting to an award winner. I've had that boss.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWrong. Handler Texa Sim says she's a natural. Natural is a good word for a dog.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorMy final take: Sgiath should have this desk. She walks in at low tide, finds exactly where the slime is, and says nothing.