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Elephant Smell

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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