smell

     

Smell may refer to:

Trivia about smell

  • Psychologists refer to this sense as olfaction
  • The Jacobson's organ in the roof of a snake's mouth is its organ of this sense, not taste
  • Like the bloodhound, the beagle is classified as a hound that hunts mainly by this sense
  • Taste & this sense are the 2 that use chemoreceptors
  • Of the 5 senses, the one that whales do not possess
  • 1 reason sharks are successful predators is that large bulbs in their brains are used for this sense
  • In 1995 Dr. Robert Lefkowitz discovered sperm uses this sense to track down the egg
  • Most of a shark's brain is devoted to this sense
  • It's how polar bears sense a dead whale 20 miles away
  • Afghans hunt by sight, while bloodhounds hunt by this sense
  • Anosmia is the loss of this sense; you get it if your olfactory bulb stops working
  • Salmon depend mainly on this sense to find their native rivers
  • It's a fact that olfactology is the study of this sense
  • Associated with this sense, the olfactory lobe is better developed in most vertebrates than in man
  • When a snake sticks out its tongue, it's not tasting but using this sense
  • The olfactory nerve is the nerve of this sense
  • In contrast to sharks, porpoises have a poor sense of taste & lack this sense altogether
  • One dictionary definition of it is "to have an air of dishonesty or fraud"
  • Use your septum & posterior nares to help get this sense of your surroundings
  • Ethanethiol, which serves this purpose, is usually added to propane so leaks can be detected

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