They do smell pretty rank & it's something dogs love to roll in. A few years ago I was at a beach in Santa Barbara with my wife & kids and we came across a dead sea lion with a pretty big chunk missing out of it's rear quarter. It was really ripe, oozing goo and smelled terrible...instant gag if you got too close.
Anyway, a small white, fluffy pekinese type doge came prancing up the beach and immediately started rolling in the carcass. It was pretty hilarious, especially since the owner was about 25 yards down the beach and not paying attention. It took about 30 seconds for "fluffy" to get fully covered head to tail in dead seal slime. It was almost as funny watching the horrified owner sprint up the beach and pull her fluffy off the carcass. Wish I'd got it on video!
