2018年6月19日 · Elephants have a keen nose. They have more smell receptors than any mammal – including dogs – and can sniff out food that is several miles away. A new study …

Elephants have an acute sense of smell: a 2014 study estimated that it is five times more powerful than human noses, double that of dogs, and even beats the previous animal record-holder: …

2014年7月22日 · Elephants possess a sense of smell that is likely the strongest ever identified in a single species, according to a study by Japanese scientists out Tuesday. The African …

2014年7月22日 · When triggered, they set off a cascade of signals from the nose to the brain, enabling an animal to identify a particular smell. In the new study, scientists identified and …

2007年12月4日 · In simple smelling, the handy trunk is waved in the air to collect air samples with odorant molecules and convey them to an extensive sensory system, contained in the …

Elephants have a keen sense of smell, detecting water sources up to 19.2 km (12 mi.) away. Nostrils are located at the tip of the trunk and function in breathing, smelling, and drawing …

Elephants have a keen nose. They have more smell receptors than any mammal – including dogs – and can sniff out food that is several miles away. A new study tests their ability to distinguish...

2019年6月3日 · A new study reveals that the pachyderms can judge food quantity merely by using their sense of smell, the first time an animal has been shown to do this. To conduct the …

2014年7月22日 · Sense of smell is critical for survival in many mammals. In a new study, researchers examined the olfactory receptor repertoire encoded in 13 mammalian species and …

2018年3月1日 · An elephant’s sense of smell may be five times as sensitive as that of a bloodhound, with neuroanatomical studies indicating a highly convoluted cerebral cortex and a …