Sniff-sniff, BOOM. Koalas!

⬆️ This little cutie is Max, an English springer spaniel from Australia currently employed in a very important line of work: sniffing out koala poop.

🐨💩The nose knows... Max works for the conservation detection dog agency Canines for Wildlife, which has been tasked with tracking koala populations as they move around Australia.

By tracking the animals' scat, Max and his handlers can estimate the number of koalas in the area, as well as assess their general health and whether the population is carrying chlamydia or other diseases.

And while many would find the job – to be brutally honest – quite revolting, it never transforms the little brown-and-white fluffball into Mad Max. Rather, he loves every second of his work.

• "He's an eternal optimist," his owner, ecologist Lynn Baker told ABC New England. "And this sort of work we're doing here just makes him a very happy dog. It's very hard to be down in the dumps when you have a dog who's looking so joyous and having such fun doing what he's asked to do."