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Elephants smell better

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Euro News

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2014-08-29

A new Japanese study suggests that elephants have a better sense of smell than any other animals on earth, even dogs. A researcher from the University of Tokyo found that African elephants have the most olfactory receptor genes ever found in one species. The animal with the second most smell detectors was the cow, which still only had half the number of smell receptors.

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http://www.euronews.com/2014/08/28/elephants-smell-better/