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Elephants have an extremely
developed sense of smell. The nostrils are, of course at the tip of
the trunk.
They use smell to differentiate between
different herd members.
One of the first things a calf smells is the
dung of the mother. When dropped, shortly after the calf's birth, it
is associates her scent to her baby.
Elephants can detect scents from long distances,
up to several kilometres.
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