Remarkable Sense of Touch in Elephant’s Trunk Isn’t Just about Muscles or Nerves: Study
Keratin composites make it possible for animals to trek with hooves, fly with plumes, and sense with skin. Mammalian hairs are lengthened keratin rods connected to tactile skin structures that…
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Which animal has the best sense of smell?
There’s no clear “best sniffer” in the animal kingdom, however one competitor is the Gambian pouched rat(Cricetomys gambianusa types of African pouched rat ), which can be trained to smell…
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