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"Nose Knows: Wild Ways Animals Smell the World"

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"Nose Knows: Wild Ways Animals Smell the World"

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Using accessible language, this text balances humor and information to teach its readers about specialized noses that animals use to smell. It is packed with vocabulary and also has realistic but whimsical illustrations. The book is broken into sections by topic so it can be navigated to learn specific facts. There are fun flaps that can be lifted to get more information.

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ABSOLUTELY FASCINATING! Such interesting (and less familiar) and up close facts about different noses. Did you know that a dog's nose is separated into two compartments - one to breathe and the other to smell? That mother ewes spend a lot of time licking her newborn to clean it but also to memorize its smell which becomes an "access code" for feeding? Or that mosquitoes can locate us because they smell the carbon dioxide we breathe out?

Figueras' writing is clear and kid-friendly but doesn't shy away from describing the technical aspects of noses and using relevant vocabulary (e.g., pheromones, odorant molecules, olfactory membrane).

Love the large format and layout and design of this book. It's organized into sub-topics (e.g., newborn scents, sniffing out a meal, stink to impress). There are flaps students can look under to learn even more. De Gastold's illustrations are very appealing. Students can look at this over and over again, picking up new fascinating facts to share with friends.

I'd PARTNER THIS BOOK WITH Eye Spy: Wild Ways Animals See the World by Guillame Duprat (also published by What On Earth Books). I think both titles were translated from French.

BTW I bought a copy of this from the independent bookstore Hicklebee's in San Jose, CA.

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nose knows: wild ways animals smell the world

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juvenile nonfiction / science & nature / general (see also headings under animals or technology)

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juvenile nonfiction / science & nature / zoology

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polar bear; piglets; large-format picture book; lift-the-flap feature; sense of smell; natural world; children ages 7-11; animal relationships; animal behavior; ants; flap-filled book

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juvenile nonfiction / concepts / senses & sensation

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juvenile nonfiction / science & nature / general (see also headings under animals or technology)

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juvenile nonfiction / science & nature / zoology

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Nose Knows: Wild Ways Animals Smell the World

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Nose Knows: Wild Ways Animals Smell the World [Figueras, Emmanuelle, de Gastold, Claire] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Nose Knows: Wild Ways Animals Smell the World

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Have you ever wondered why animal's noses look as strange as they do? Well, come discover the specific purpose of each one. Check out these close up photographs and learn how the form matches the function. There's even a fun science experiment at the end!

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animal noses in action (tell me more! science)

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children’s / teenage general interest: nature

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children’s / teenage general interest: science and technology

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children’s / teenage general interest: science: the human body

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juvenile nonfiction / science & nature / anatomy & physiology

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juvenile nonfiction / science & nature / biology

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juvenile nonfiction / science & nature / zoology

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juvenile nonfiction/science & nature - anatomy & physiology

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juvenile nonfiction/science & nature - biology

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science; biology; exploration; interest; animals; habitats; behaviors; young scientists; science projects; discovery; curiosity; photo-driven; photography; macro photography; zoology; animal anatomy; environment; ecosystems; physiology; nose; snout; smell; olfactory; sense of smell; senses; animal senses; adaptation; tracking; trails; adapt; sensor; sensitive snout; whiskers

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science; biology; exploration; interest; animals; habitats; behaviors; young scientists; science projects; discovery; curiosity; photo-driven; photography; macro photography; zoology; animal anatomy; environment; ecosystems; physiology; nose; snout; smell; olfactory; sense of smell; senses; animal senses; adaptation; tracking; trails; adapt; sensor; sensitive snout; whiskers;

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teenage general interest: science and technology

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teenage general interest: science: the human body

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juvenile nonfiction / science & nature / anatomy & physiology

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juvenile nonfiction / science & nature / biology

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juvenile nonfiction / science & nature / zoology

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juvenile nonfiction/science & nature - anatomy & physiology

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juvenile nonfiction/science & nature - biology

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children’s / teenage general interest: nature

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children’s / teenage general interest: science and technology

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children’s / teenage general interest: science: the human body

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Animal Noses in Action (Tell Me More! Science)

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Animal Noses in Action (Tell Me More! Science) [Owen, Ruth] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Animal Noses in Action (Tell Me More! Science)

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Using an outlandish hypothetical to engage readers, this book teachers about specialized noses, trunks, snouts, and rostrums. Learn about the job of each one and how each helps the animal it belongs to.

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children’s / teenage general interest: nature

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juvenile nonfiction - animals - elephants

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juvenile nonfiction - science & nature - anatomy & physiology

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juvenile nonfiction / animals / elephants

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juvenile nonfiction / science & nature / anatomy & physiology

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juvenile nonfiction/science & nature - anatomy & physiology

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juvenile nonfiction/science & nature - zoology

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nose; animal; what if you had; series; elephant; trunk; rhino; horn; cottontail rabbit; anteater; sandra markle; howard mcwilliam; proboscis; saiga; grizzly bear; warthog; star-nosed mole; bourret's horseshoe bat; hammerhead shark

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juvenile nonfiction / science & nature / anatomy & physiology

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juvenile nonfiction/science & nature - anatomy & physiology

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juvenile nonfiction/science & nature - zoology

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children’s / teenage general interest: nature

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What If You Had An Animal Nose? [Markle, Sandra, McWilliam, Howard] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. What If You Had An Animal Nose?

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This book focuses in on one function of scent in animals- to hunt their food. In this informational text, we learn the behavioral science of how predators acquire prey using their potent sense of smell.

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smelling their prey: animals with an amazing sense of smell (sensing their prey)

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juvenile nonfiction/concepts - senses & sensation

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juvenile nonfiction / concepts / senses & sensation

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juvenile nonfiction/concepts - senses & sensation

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Smelling Their Prey: Animals with an Amazing Sense of Smell (Sensing Their Prey)

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Smelling Their Prey: Animals with an Amazing Sense of Smell (Sensing Their Prey) [Kathryn Lay, Christina Wald] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Smelling Their Prey: Animals with an Amazing Sense of Smell (Sensing Their Prey)

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This is a unique text- an informational book set in the format of a narrative. Two kids go an an adventure to observe animals and they take the reader with them. Along the way, they get a close up look at a myriad of creatures, paying special attention to how their senses help them survive. There are scientific facts galore packed into this fun story!

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how do animals use their five senses? (curious young minds)

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juvenile nonfiction / science & nature / zoology

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juvenile nonfiction/science & nature - zoology

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juvenile nonfiction / science & nature / zoology

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juvenile nonfiction/science & nature - zoology

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How Do Animals Use their Five Senses? (Curious Young Minds)

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How Do Animals Use their Five Senses? (Curious Young Minds) [Algarra, Alejandro, Bonilla, Rocio] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. How Do Animals Use their Five Senses? (Curious Young Minds)

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"Animal Smell (Animals and Their Senses)"

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"Animal Smell (Animals and Their Senses)"

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This text spotlights different creatures and how their sense of smell supports their survival. Each animal is described in its habitat, utilizing its senses to get food, avoid predators, or communicate with others.

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children's 4-8 - archeology / anthropology

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educational: citizenship & social education

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juvenile nonfiction/social science - customs

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juvenile nonfiction/social science - customs

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children's 4-8 - archeology / anthropology

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educational: citizenship & social education

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Animal Smell (Animals and Their Senses) [Hall, Kirsten] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Animal Smell (Animals and Their Senses)

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Using an informational approach, this book explains how animals use their senses to understand the world. It provides details on and photographs of specific animals, explaining their specialized senses. The book also includes experiments that help them to compare human vs. animal senses.

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reference material (children's / teenage)

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animals; characteristics of living things; classification of living things; birds; fish and amphibians; reptiles; nature; the environment; animal life; structure and function

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Animal Senses: How Animals See, Hear, Taste, Smell and Feel (Animal Behavior)

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Buy Animal Senses: How Animals See, Hear, Taste, Smell and Feel (Animal Behavior) on Amazon.com ✓ FREE SHIPPING on qualified orders

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This informational text explores the science behind the sense of smell. It has a glossary, activity section, and suggested reading. This book will offer excellent vocabulary for students to begin using when discussing smell.

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Another fantastic sense book. I used this my classroom also. It has vivid colorful illustrations, a glossary, an activity and suggested additional reading. Students easily make connections with the illustrations.

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what is smell? (lightning bolt books ® ― your amazing senses)

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juvenile nonfiction / science & nature / anatomy & physiology

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juvenile nonfiction / science & nature / biology

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juvenile nonfiction/science & nature - anatomy & physiology

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smell; what is smell?; the five senses; science & nature; noses; sense of smell; sense & sensation; anatomy & physiology; nonfiction; breathing; sense; the human body; nose; biology; lerner publications; jennifer boothroyd; science; nature; and how it works; life science; concepts; senses; your amazing senses; lightning bolt books; nature & how it works

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juvenile nonfiction / science & nature / anatomy & physiology

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juvenile nonfiction / science & nature / biology

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What Is Smell? (Lightning Bolt Books ® ― Your Amazing Senses)

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What Is Smell? (Lightning Bolt Books ® ― Your Amazing Senses) [Boothroyd, Jennifer] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. What Is Smell? (Lightning Bolt Books ® ― Your Amazing Senses)

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This inquisitive book brings the reader on an adventure of identifying smells. It discusses how some scents are pleasant while others seem gross to us; it also talks about how some odors mean danger is near.

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eww! what is that smell? book of smells for children to identify - baby & toddler sense & sensation books

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juvenile nonfiction / concepts / senses & sensation

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juvenile nonfiction/concepts - senses & sensation

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senses series; sensations perceptions; anatomy book; anatomy quick study; anatomy reference; anatomy workbook; anatomy kids; anatomy book for kids; anatomy quickstudy; anatomy and physiology; senses book; anatomy easy; anatomy review; anatomy study guide; senses b

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Eww! What is that Smell? Book of Smells for Children to Identify - Baby & Toddler Sense & Sensation Books

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Eww! What is that Smell? Book of Smells for Children to Identify - Baby & Toddler Sense & Sensation Books [Professor, Baby] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Eww! What is that Smell? Book of Smells for Children to Identify - Baby & Toddler Sense & Sensation Books

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Another excellent informational book that gives general information about the sense of smell and how it works in our bodies and minds. There are excellent photographs and diagrams within the text.

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let's explore the sense of smell (bumba books (r) -- discover your senses)

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biology; bodies; body; concepts; discover your sense of smell; discover your senses; let's explore smell; let's explore the sense of smell; life science; nonfiction; nose; noses; nostril; nostrils; scent; scents; science; sense & sensation; sense of smell; sense; senses & sensation; senses; smell; smelling; smells;

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bodies; discover your senses; nonfiction; nose; scent; scents; science; sense; sense of smell; senses; smell; life science; senses & sensation; smelling; biology; body; discover your sense of smell; let's explore smell; let's explore the sense of smell; nostril; nostrils; sense & sensation; smells; noses; concepts

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children’s / teenage general interest: science and technology

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children’s / teenage general interest: science: the human body

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juvenile nonfiction / concepts / senses & sensation

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juvenile nonfiction / science & nature / anatomy & physiology

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juvenile nonfiction / science & nature / biology

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juvenile nonfiction/concepts - senses & sensation

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juvenile nonfiction/science & nature - anatomy & physiology

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juvenile nonfiction/science & nature - biology

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teenage general interest: science and technology

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teenage general interest: science: the human body

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juvenile nonfiction / concepts / senses & sensation

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juvenile nonfiction / science & nature / anatomy & physiology

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juvenile nonfiction / science & nature / biology

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juvenile nonfiction/concepts - senses & sensation

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juvenile nonfiction/science & nature - anatomy & physiology

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juvenile nonfiction/science & nature - biology

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children’s / teenage general interest: science and technology

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children’s / teenage general interest: science: the human body

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Let's Explore the Sense of Smell (Bumba Books (R) -- Discover Your Senses)

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Amazon.com: Let's Explore the Sense of Smell (Bumba Books (R) -- Discover Your Senses) (9781541587090): Ransom, Candice: Books

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Curious about the science behind the sense of smell? This informational book is for you! Come find out the details behind the anatomy and function of your nose!

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the sense of smell (blastoff! readers: the senses) (blastoff! readers: sens

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The Sense of Smell (Blastoff! Readers: The Senses) (Blastoff! Readers: Senses) by Mari Schuh 1600140726 9781600140723

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Buy a cheap copy of The Sense of Smell (Blastoff! Readers: The Senses) (Blastoff! Readers: Senses) by Mari Schuh 1600140726 9781600140723 - A gently used book at a great low price. Free shipping in the US. Discount books. Let the stories live on.

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"I Hear a Pickle (and Smell, See, Touch, and Taste It Too!)"

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"I Hear a Pickle (and Smell, See, Touch, and Taste It Too!)"

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This book uses items and experiences that are relevant to young children, such as biting into a pickle, to help them connect the five senses to their daily lives.

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I Hear a Pickle (and Smell, See, Touch, and Taste It, Too!)

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I Hear a Pickle (and Smell, See, Touch, and Taste It, Too!) [Rachel Isadora] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. I Hear a Pickle (and Smell, See, Touch, and Taste It, Too!)

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"You Can't Smell a Flower With Your Ear"

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"You Can't Smell a Flower With Your Ear"

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This nonfiction book explores each sense in an age-appropriate deep dive, delving into how each sense functions uniquely and allows us to understand the world around us.

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You Can't Smell a Flower with Your Ear!: All About Your Five Senses (Penguin Young Readers, Level 4)

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Amazon.com: You Can't Smell a Flower with Your Ear!: All About Your Five Senses (Penguin Young Readers, Level 4) (0884989832742): Joanna Cole, Mavis Smith: Books

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This bilingual text, written in both English and Spanish, explores the sense of smell from a young child's point of view. The fresh curiosity may resonate with young children, who are exploring the world around them through their senses.

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what do i smell? / que huelo? (small senses bilingual) (english and spanish edition)

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juvenile nonfiction / foreign language study / spanish

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juvenile fiction/concepts - senses & sensation

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juvenile nonfiction / foreign language study / spanish

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What Do I Smell? / Que Huelo? (Small Senses Bilingual) (English and Spanish Edition)

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Amazon.com: What Do I Smell? / Que Huelo? (Small Senses Bilingual) (English and Spanish Edition) (9781846437236): Annie Kubler, Annie Kubler: Books

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With whimsical illustrations, this book immerses students into the world of scent- inspiring their imagination to consider what aromas would accompany the pictures portrayed throughout. This book has a special scientific section that is designed to answer questions from curious learners; a great balance of fact and imagination.

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early learning / early learning concepts

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juvenile nonfiction / science & nature / biology

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juvenile nonfiction/science & nature - anatomy & physiology

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preschool life skills concepts (toilet training

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senses books for kids; five senses books for children; 5 senses books for kids; smell; aromas

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senses books for kids; five senses books for children; 5 senses books for kids; smell; aromas; sense of smell

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juvenile nonfiction / concepts / senses & sensation

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juvenile nonfiction / science & nature / biology

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early learning / early learning concepts

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Amazon.com: Smell (The Five Senses Series) (9780812035650): Rius, Maria, Parramon, J.M., Puig, J.J.: Books

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In this hilarious adventure, David discovers the power of his senses, especially the sense of smell. He gets into some silly situations involving smell that could help students make text-to-self connections and begin to think about their experiences with smell.

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children’s / teenage fiction: family and home stories

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children’s / teenage fiction: general fiction

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children’s / teenage personal and social topics: families and family members

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children’s / teenage: personal and social topics

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juvenile fiction / concepts / senses & sensation

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juvenile fiction/concepts - senses & sensation

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preschool life skills concepts (toilet training

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teenage fiction: family and home stories

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teenage personal and social topics: families and family members

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juvenile fiction / concepts / senses & sensation

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juvenile fiction/concepts - senses & sensation

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children’s / teenage fiction: family and home stories

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children’s / teenage fiction: general fiction

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children’s / teenage personal and social topics: families and family members

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children’s / teenage: personal and social topics

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Amazon.com: David Smells!: A Diaper David Book (9780439691383): Shannon, David, Shannon, David: Books

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This text gives all kinds of helpful information about how your sense of smell works to help you understand the world around you. It discusses the anatomy of the nose, its function to take in scents, and how it keeps us safe by detecting potentially dangerous odors.

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juvenile nonfiction / concepts / senses & sensation

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juvenile nonfiction / health & daily living / general

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juvenile nonfiction / science & nature / anatomy & physiology

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juvenile nonfiction / science & nature / biology

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juvenile nonfiction / science & nature / anatomy & physiology

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juvenile nonfiction / science & nature / biology

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Smelling (The Five Senses) [Rissman, Rebecca, Rissman, Rebecca] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Smelling (The Five Senses)

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In this story, a gorilla follows her nose to all the delicious aromas around her in the city. She samples all sorts of new foods and describes how they taste and smell. This book could inspire discussions of scent preferences and how flavor has a lot to do with smell. It also might be fun to compare how people and animals use their sense of smell.

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simon & schuster books for young readers

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juvenile fiction / social themes / new experience

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juvenile fiction/social themes - new experience

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modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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little quack; picture book; ages 4-8; funny; humor; read aloud; my magical foods; ten hungry pigs; illustrated; illustrations; gorilla

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juvenile fiction/social themes - new experience

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modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Gladys Goes Out to Lunch [Anderson, Derek, Anderson, Derek] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Gladys Goes Out to Lunch

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An informational text about how the sense of smell connects to other senses, such as taste. The pictures seem to invite you to imagine how these things would smell.

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Appropriate K-3, non-fiction on the power of smell. The other senses are connected to the sense of smell! Smell and taste go together. Lots of colorful pictures of really good food that you can seem to smell on the page! A roasting chicken, a bakery! Also natural scents like the salty sea, flowers and skunks! An accentuation of things you can smell v/s the functioning of the olfactory system.

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Appropriate K-3, non-fiction on the power of smell. The other senses are connected to the sense of smell! Smell and taste go together. Lots of colorful pictures of really good food that you can seem to smell on the page! A roasting chicken, a bakery! Also natural scents like the salty sea, flowers and skunks!

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In this story, Llama Llama and his mother cook some delicious food together; the illustrations include scratch and sniff portions that invite the reader to enjoy the scents along with the characters!

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Llama Llama Yum Yum Yum!: A Scratch-and-Sniff Book

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Amazon.com: Llama Llama Yum Yum Yum!: A Scratch-and-Sniff Book (9780448496382): Dewdney, Anna: Books

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This book explores a variety of animal noses, discussing how they work to help the animal survive. The mysterious illustrations draw students in and invite predictions.

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Whose Nose Is This?: A Look at Beaks,... book by Peg Hall

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Buy a cheap copy of Whose Nose Is This?: A Look at Beaks,... book by Peg Hall. Examines a variety of animal noses, noting how they look different and function in different ways. Animals shown include an elephant, a woodpecker, a platypus, a... Free Shipping on all orders over $10.

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By an acclaimed photographer, this book gives learners a close-up look at the noses of creatures throughout the animal kingdom. It includes fun facts about how their noses work and their unique senses of smell.

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snouts & sniffers (adventure boardbook series)

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Snouts & Sniffers (Adventure Boardbook Series)

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Snouts & Sniffers (Adventure Boardbook Series) [Tekiela, Stan] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Snouts & Sniffers (Adventure Boardbook Series)

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"Animal Defenses: How Animals Protect Themselves"

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"Animal Defenses: How Animals Protect Themselves"

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This book covers a range of defense mechanisms that animals who are preyed upon use to defend themselves from their predators. Readers could use this book to learn about the way some animals emit smell or odors to communicate to others to stay away.

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This is a great piece of nonfiction on the topic of animal defenses. The description is inaccurate though-there are no experiments included. My daughter has to complete a science fair experiment on the topic of animal defenses and was hopeful to find some leads in here. While this provides great information on defenses, there are no experiments included.

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conservation and protection; habitats; interactions within ecosystems; nature; reptiles; fish and amphibians; insects; camouflage; characteristics of living things; animal life; animals; structure and function

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Animal Defenses: How Animals Protect Themselves (Animal Behavior)

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This listicle describes how animals utilize their sense of smell to communicate, hunt, and protect themselves. It has a myriad of fun and interesting facts about different creatures, including photos. This could be a jumping off point for further inquiry into a specific animal.

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While smell is the least-evolved of our senses, humans can actually distinguish up to 10,000 different smells. It also helps us taste: try eating something with your eyes close and your nose held - can you guess what it is?

Did you know?

The part of the brain which decodes smells is also closely associated with memory, which is why a smell can make you think of a holiday or a place.

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Find out how animals use their sense of smell to survive

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While smell is the least-evolved of our senses, humans can actually distinguish up to 10,000 different smells. It also helps us taste: try eating something with your eyes close and your nose held - can you guess what it is?

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"Animals With An Exceptional Sense of Smell"

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"Animals With An Exceptional Sense of Smell"

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This article from the Bali Safari discusses specific species of animals and their specialized sense of smell. It gives detailed facts about how and why these creatures put their noses to work in order to survive. This could inspire learners to want to know more!

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How good is your sense of smell?

Some animals evolved to have heightened olfactory senses. They can detect water moisture with their noses or smells under the soil.

Some can even have a sense of smell so sharp it's possible for them to detect smells over vast distances.

In this article, we'll be looking at some of those animals who have an exceptional sense of smell.

Sharks

When it comes to strong olfactory senses, one of the most fearsome animals by far is the Great White Shark.

They're capable of detecting blood in the water from up to 5 km away, and when they do, they can swim with a top speed of up to 50 km towards the source.

Sharks dedicate up to two-thirds of their brain to sharpen their sense of smell.

Bears

Bears are widely depicted for having a robust sense of smell, and for a good reason!

Despite their smaller brain size (compared to humans), the part of their brain that controls their smell is 5 times larger than humans.

In fact, when it comes to sheer magnitude, a Bear's sense is up to 2,100 times better than ours.

Their olfactory senses are used to hunt for food, detect danger and also keep track of their Bear cubs in the wild.

To give you a better idea, Bears can detect the smell of an animal carcass from up to 30 km away!

Do you know, there are many different types of Bears in this world?

Kiwi

These flightless birds replace their ability to fly with a sharp, keen sense of smell.

Their nostrils are external and located at the tip of their beaks.

This allows them to search for food that's beneath the soil or among piles of leaves.

Elephants

African Elephants are also some of the best when it comes to the sense of smell.

It should come as no surprise that their trunks are perhaps their most important tool for survival.

Elephants are especially good at detecting water, capable of doing so from up to 20 km away.

As you can see, these animals have an impressively sharp sense of smell that is multiple times stronger than ours.

Bali Safari Park is home to the Asian Elephants and you can visit and learn more about them in the Elephant Park.

We hope to see you soon!

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Animals with an Exceptional Sense of Smell

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How good is your sense of smell? Some animals evolved to have heightened olfactory senses. They can detect water moisture with their noses or smells under the soil. Some can even have a sense of smell so sharp it's possible for them to detect smells over vast distances.

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This PBS article delves into the ways animals emit different odors to send messages to one another; from wild creatures like a lynx to a familiar friend, a housecat, this short but informational-intense post peaks the readers curiosity and gives them new words to consider.

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Many animals use chemical communication or pheromones to communicate. They may leave their scent to mark territory or attract mates. They often use smell to find prey and identify other animals.

Home, Sweet, Pheromone

Animals often use chemical communication to mark territory. They leave pheromones, or chemical marks behind. Some animals leave scent posts to mark their territory. A scent post is something that is marked by an animal with its scent. Scent posts set the boundaries of an animal's territory. The mountain lion is a solitary animal and it likes to travel alone. A male's territory can be more that 100 square miles. The male mountain lion often kicks up piles of pine needles, dirt or leaves with its hind feet and urinates on the pile to mark its territory.

The Canada lynx also leaves a scent post. It will urinate on trees and tree trunks. It may also leave claw marks on trees. Claw marks are a visual sign, but can also be a chemical one. Many animals have scent glands in their claws! When they scratch a tree, they leave a little of their scent behind.

Something in the Air
Snakes use their forked tongues to "taste" or collect pheromones of prey animals that are in the air. They have receptors in the roof of their mouths that help them taste and smell the pheromones.

Do I Know You?

Some animals use scent to identify members of their family! The mule deer has scent glands on its hind legs right above its hooves. Young deer will often identify their mothers by sniffing at the glands. When mule deer are in groups, they often sniff each others hind legs. When male mule deer become aggressive towards each other, the hair around the glands will stand up.

You Belong to Me!

Have you ever seen a house cat rubbing its head up against someone? It is marking its territory! Domestic cats have scent glands near their mouths, on their foreheads and at the base of their tails. They use these glands to mark territory. When other cats smell the scent they know that another cat has marked its territory. Male domestic cats will mark their mating territory by urinating. The next time you see a cat rubbing up against something, you'll know that it is claiming it as its property!

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Many animals use chemical communication or pheromones to communicate. They may leave their scent to mark territory or attract mates. They often use smell to find prey and identify other animals. Home, Sweet, Pheromone Animals often use chemical communication to mark territory. They leave pheromones, or chemical marks behind.

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"Scientist Discovers Some Mammals Can Smell Objects Underwater" 

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This article is above students' reading level and perhaps above their comprehension level. But it is such an interesting discovery and it could be used for discussion. It might get students excited and show them how scientists are still learning about animals and how they perceive the world. Also it says a video is available upon request.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A Vanderbilt researcher has discovered that some stealthy mammals have been doing something heretofore thought impossible - using the sense of smell under water.

The results of the research by Vanderbilt's Kenneth Catania, assistant professor of biology, were reported Dec. 21 in the science journal Nature. He became curious when he observed that a mole he was studying blew a lot of bubbles while swimming.

"This came as a total surprise because the common wisdom is that mammals can't smell underwater,' said Catania, who earlier this year won a $500,000 "genius grant" from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

"When mammals adapt to living in water, their sense of smell usually degenerates. The primary example is the cetaceans - whales and dolphins - many of which have lost their sense of smell."

Catania devised a series of experiments to determine whether the star-nosed mole and another small, semi-aquatic mammal - the water shrew - can smell objects underwater. Using a high-speed camera, he discovered how they do it.

After observing that the moles were blowing bubbles out of their nostrils and then sucking them right back in, he determined they were exhaling and inhaling the bubbles rapidly, between five and 10 times per second. That is about the same rate as the sniffing behavior of comparably sized land mammals, like rats and mice. "Rats and mice don't sniff the way we do," Catania said. "They push air 'out-in out-in' in a fashion strikingly similar to what the star-nosed mole is doing, except that it is doing it under water."

Catania mounted a high-speed video camera so that it pointed up through the bottom of a glass tank. Then he stuck various objects on the bottom of the tank - pieces of earthworm, small fish, insect cuticle and blobs of wax and silicon - and observed the moles' behavior. He saw that, when the moles approached one of these targets, they would blow bubbles that came into contact with the target's surface and then were sucked back into the nostrils.

"Because the olfactory nerves in the nose are covered with mucous, odorant molecules are all water soluble," Catania said. "So, when these bubbles come into contact with an object, it is almost inevitable that odorant molecules will mix with the air and be drawn into the nose when the bubble is inhaled."

Just because the moles are getting whiffs of interesting odors underwater doesn't necessarily mean they smell them.

So Catania devised some additional tests.

One of the complicating factors was the star-nosed mole's unusual nose, which is ringed by a star-shaped set of fleshy appendages. It uses its star like a super-sensitive set of fingers to identify objects it encounters while burrowing and swimming. So, at the same time it is sniffing at an object it is also fingering it with its star.

To determine if the mole can identify edible objects by sniffing alone, Catania created underwater scent trails leading to food and recorded how well the moles could follow them. To keep the moles from using their tactile star, he put a grid-work between the animals and the scent trails. The openings in the grid were too small for the star appendages to squeeze through but large enough so the air bubbles could pass without difficulty.

These trials demonstrated that the moles could follow the scent trail by sniffing alone (without the tactile star). Five moles were tested on earthworm scent trails and followed the trail to its reward with accuracies ranging from 75 percent to 100 percent accuracy. Two moles were tested with fish scent trails and followed them with 85 percent and 100 percent accuracy.

When the grid was replaced with a screen with openings too small for the air bubbles to pass through, however, the moles' performance dropped down to the level of chance - the same as their performance with no-scent trails.

In order to see if this capability was limited to the star-nosed mole or if other small semi-aquatic mammals also have it, Catania captured some water shrews and began testing them. He found that they also exhibit this underwater sniffing behavior and can use it to follow underwater scent trails.

"Now, the question is, 'What other semi-aquatic mammals do this?'" Catania said. "Do animals like otters and seals do anything similar? Or is there a size limit and it only works for smaller mammals?"

He hopes that publication of his paper will encourage researchers who are studying all kinds of semi-aquatic animals to take a closer look at how they are using their noses underwater.

The research was funded by a Faculty Early Career Development award from the National Science Foundation.

(NOTE: A multimedia version of this story including video is available on Exploration, Vanderbilt's online research magazine, at http://www.vanderbilt.edu/exploration/stories/underwatersniffing.html and high resolution images are available upon request.)

(NOTE TO BROADCASTERS: B-roll is available from Emily Pearce at 615-322-2706 or 615-294-4017)

Contact: David F. Salisbury, (615) 343-6803
david.salisbury@vanderbilt.edu

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A Vanderbilt researcher has discovered that some stealthy mammals have been doing something heretofore thought impossible - using the sense of smell under water. The results of the research by Vanderbilt's Kenneth Catania, assistant professor of biology, were reported Dec. 21 in the science journal Nature.

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"Mammals Smelled Their Way To Bigger Brains"

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"Mammals Smelled Their Way To Bigger Brains"

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This article is above the scope of students but it could be summarized and discussed; it has a recorded portion that we could listen to as well as some very intriguing diagrams.

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We humans can brag about our large brain, but in fact most mammals - from aardvarks to zebras - have big brains for their body size. For years, scientists have wondered what evolutionary forces pumped up the mammal brain so much, and now they may have an answer.

Mammals needed a better sense of smell.

Tim Rowe, a paleontologist at the University of Texas, says part of the mammal brain grew larger as mammals became better sniffers. The evidence comes from the tiny skulls of two kinds of reptile that lived in China about 200 million years ago. These reptiles are believed to have evolved into the first mammals.

"We looked at them and went, 'Wow, these are crown jewels,' " Rowe recalls. "But they were so tiny, and all we could do was put them behind a microscope and study their external surfaces."

That was over 20 years ago. Rowe asked if he could break open the cranium and make a cast of the inside to see the shape of the brain that once sat there. The fossil owners said no way. So Rowe waited decades until he developed a way to make a digital image of the inside of the cranium, using a CT scanner like those used in medicine.

Rowe made brain images of several specimens that lived millions of years apart. And he noticed that the brains changed over time. The smelling part - the olfactory bulb - kept growing.

"We could see a huge increase in the size of the olfactory bulbs," he says. "And behind the olfactory bulbs" - where the brain processes signals from the bulb - "we could see this region of the brain also got really, really large."

Over millions of years, the whole olfactory apparatus got bigger.

And so did parts of the brain that process tactile information - not from skin but from hair, one of the things all mammals have. Hair wasn't just for warmth; it provided mammals with important information.

"They were moving in and out of burrows and up and down on trees," says Rowe. "Their hair offered a lot of sensory information that helped them balance and navigate through this environment."

So mammals whose brains made them better smellers and movers survived better.

But then, why did mammals develop super smell and touch? After all, everyone needed a leg up in a dog-eat-dog world.

Well, Rowe suggests this: It was a dinosaur's world back then. Dinosaurs probably hunted during the day, so it behooved tasty little mammals to stay out of sight until it got dark.

"Once the dinosaurs had bedded down for the night, that's when the mammals came out and started sniffing around for insects, insect larvae and other things that lived in the soil, like worms," Rowe says.

And at night, smelling and feeling were more useful than, say, good vision.

Glenn Northcutt, a neurobiologist at the University of California, San Diego, notes that other parts of the brain in these reptiles were growing, too - areas for motor coordination, for example. He says all of these changes actually may be part of the evolution of something bigger than smell or touch - warm-bloodedness. Warm-blooded animals didn't need the sun.

"The advantage is that it allows you to operate, to use the world at a time that reptiles can't," Northcutt says.

He says questions about the deep past are hard to answer. But they're fun.

"We all are interested in where we came from and how we came to be," he says.

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Humans aren't the only brainiacs around - most mammals have large brains for their body size. But how did we get so darn cerebral? Turns out mammalian brain evolution went hand in hand with developing an excellent sense of smell.

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A fascinating read, this listicle ranks the rankest creatures on the planet. It discusses the purpose of their odor and how it effects their lives. It also includes interesting photos.

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Some animals smell foul for a number of reasons.

In some cases it's a self-defense mechanism; if they feel threatened they will release a noxious spray which will deter any predator. Others may use their musk to mark their territory or keep their food safe from scavengers or it may be that their hair is continually sprayed with their own urine.

Read on to learn some fascinating facts about some of the world's smelliest animals.

3. Wolverine

Wolverines are shy members of the weasel family, seldom seen by humans. Like most of the weasel family, they have glands that secrete fluid they use to mark their territory. The musky scent is very unpleasant and has given the wolverine the nicknames of "skunk bear" and "nasty cat". Wolverines will also spray their leftover food and bury it so they can eat it later. Not only does this help them find it but it deters others from eating it!

Discover how female wolverines ensure their young are born when food is plentiful in our Animals A-Z section.
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Picture Credit: Birgit Fostervold (Wiki Commons)

2. Bombardier Beetle

These beetles are most notable for the defense mechanism that gives them their name. When disturbed they eject a hot noxious chemical spray from the tip of their abdomen. The Bombardier Beetle stores two separate chemicals in its body, hydroquinone and hydrogen peroxide. Whenever it feels threatened the chemicals mix with some special enzymes, heat from the reaction brings the foul-smelling liquid to near 100°C and produces gas that drives the ejection. The Bombardier Beetle is able to spray up to 4 times its body length and the damage caused can be fatal to attacking insects and small creatures and is painful to human skin.
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Picture Credit: Gail Hampshire (Wiki Commons)

1. Skunk

Because of their lack of speed, skunks do not try to outrun their attackers. Instead, they rely on their rancid spray for protection. The pungent liquid is a mix of sulphuric chemicals which they can spray accurately at threats up to 3 metres away, with the foul odour reaching up to a mile away! Despite the power of their spray, skunks don't really like to use it as they only carry about 15cc of the chemicals in their body (enough for about 5-8 sprays) and it can take a week to replenish the supply.

Want to know which substance is highly toxic to humans but does no harm to skunks?
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Top 10 Smelliest Animals | OneKindPlanet Education & Animal Facts

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Some animals smell foul for a number of reasons. In some cases it's a self-defense mechanism; if they feel threatened they will release a noxious spray which will deter any predator. Others may use their musk to mark their territory or keep their food safe from scavengers or it may be that their hair is continually sprayed with their own urine.

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"Mosquitoes Use Smell to See Their Hosts"

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"Mosquitoes Use Smell to See Their Hosts"

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Although this article wasn't written for kids, it is extremely interesting to learn about and has amazing graphics and diagrams. These could be analyzed and recreated. This would start a discussion about how invertebrates use senses as well.

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Mosquitoes use olfactory, visual, and thermal clues to hunt down a human host for their next meal-and avoiding their annoying bites might be next to impossible, a recent Caltech study says.

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"Do Snakes Really Smell With Their Tongue?"

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"Do Snakes Really Smell With Their Tongue?"

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A quick but engrossing blog post about how snakes utilize their tongue to detect scents in the air. It uses kid friendly language and also scientific vocabulary.

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Snakes do use their tongues to smell! Snakes have nostrils, just like humans. But a snake's tongue is also very important.

When a snake flicks its tongue in the air, it picks up tiny chemical particles. When the snake brings its tongue back into its mouth, the tongue fits into a special organ on the roof of the mouth.

This special organ is called the vomeronasal system. The vomeronasal system takes those tiny chemical particles and tells the snake what they are. This way the snake "smells" things like dirt, plants and other animals. This way of smelling the world can help a snake avoid predators or help the snake catch food.
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Do Snakes Really Smell with their Tongues

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Snakes do use their tongues to smell! Snakes have nostrils, just like humans. But a snake's tongue is also very important. When a snake flicks its tongue in the air, it picks up tiny chemical particles. When the snake brings its tongue back into its mouth, the tongue fits into a special organ on the roof of the mouth.

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This delightful illustrated video explains the science of how dogs noses work and how this helps them understand the world. It also compares how humans breathe and smell with how dogs do. Absolutely fascinating!

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How do dogs "see" with their noses? - Alexandra Horowitz

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The FBI explains how their dogs are trained and how they help them keep people safe. They discuss narcotics, explosives, and therapy dogs.

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You ask, "What is a working dog?" "Is it a dog that does more than hang out at the house all day and bark at the mailman?" "Is it a dog that gets in the car like Mom and Dad and goes to the office?" Well, sort of...

Working dogs are amazing animals specially trained to protect people and to make life easier for them. Some working dogs act as eyes for blind people, ears for the hearing impaired, and helpers for the physically challenged. They also protect sheep from wolves, and they can help a police officer catch criminals. These special dogs can find victims of disasters under lots of rubble, and they can find people lost in the woods. They are awesome.

The FBI has some very special working dogs. Hannah is one of the newest additions to the group of Working Dogs in the FBI. Her job is to sniff out bombs, explosion debris, firearms, and ammunition. Other FBI Working Dogs find drugs, money, and people. Just how do they do it?

Dogs instinctively know how to find things. A Handler, the dog's human partner, teaches the dog what to search for. A dog can use all of his/her senses, like hearing, seeing, and smelling to find a specific person or thing. To do this, though, requires a lot of training. They are always practicing, but the dogs love it because it is what they were born to do.

At the FBI, the Handler is usually an FBI Special Agent or an FBI Police Officer. The Agent or Police Officer and his or her dog work together as a team. The Handler teaches the dog to find very specific things in all kinds of weird places like in a tree, in the woods or a field, in a suitcase, in a car, on a street, in a closet, under rubble, or in the water or under snow.
Did You Know?

We all give off cells, gasses, and vapors. These cells and odors act like smoke. So dogs, who have 44 times the sniffing power of humans, can pick up the scent and follow it.

A much larger part of a dog's brain is devoted to processing smells than yours.

Dogs can be trained to ride in anything from helicopters, trucks, and boats to sling harnesses and chair lifts.

Some search dogs locate people buried under the snow of avalanches, search for evidence in crime, and find people in the water.

Cloudy days, mornings, and evenings are the best times for dogs to search.

Dogs navigate in brush better than humans.

Depending on the conditions, dogs can pick up a scent up to a half a mile away!

Service and Therapy Dogs
A service dog is placed with an individual who has a physical disability and can work with his or her dog independently. Service dogs perform practical tasks, such as opening and closing doors for their handlers, turning light switches on and off, picking up things from the floor, pulling a wheelchair, and even carrying a purse or a bag. In addition, service dogs can be specifically trained to retrieve objects such as a phone! Service dogs can even be trained to take off a handler's socks or coat. Service dogs are certified (tested) to prove that they can behave well in public and can follow instructions.

Therapy dogs have a great job. They provide comfort and joy to people in many different situations. Some therapy dogs visit people in nursing homes, hospitals, children's shelters, and many other places. Their job is to give and receive love. They get lots of hugs and pats, give kisses, and just make people happy. Some therapy dogs, like the one in the FBI, even visit people going through something bad or scary to help them feel better. Therapy dogs have to pass a lot of tests to prove that they will listen to their handlers, that they have good manners and obedience in public, and that they love people! The FBI Office for Victim Assistance started using a therapy dog for the first time in March 2009. It is a very exciting program that has been incredibly successful!
Narcotics Detection Dogs
Like most of the FBI's working dogs, narcotics detection dogs have great sniffers! They use their excellent sense of smell to find drugs that the bad guys have hidden. They search cars, trucks, airplanes, houses, and apartments! And they almost always find what they are looking for.
Chemical Explosives Dogs
What do you think that the FBI's Chemical Explosives Dogs do? They are trained to "sniff out" different explosive chemicals. During their extensive training, explosives scents are imprinted into the dog's memory and the dogs are trained on every type of explosive. This means that they can detect approximately 19,000 different combinations of explosives.
Search and Rescue Dogs
Can you guess what Search and Rescue dogs do? Anytime there is a crime or a disaster (like an earthquake), Search and Rescue dogs-we'll call them SARS-are brought in to help. SARS work hard to rescue people who are trapped or lost. They also track people who have committed crimes and fled. The dogs' noses are so good they are almost always able to sniff out and find what they are looking for- even if it's underground or underwater!

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You ask, "What is a working dog?" "Is it a dog that does more than hang out at the house all day and bark at the mailman?" "Is it a dog that gets in the car like Mom and Dad and goes to the office?" Well, sort of...

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This video explores the fascinating question of if fish can smell. It reveals detailed information about the specialized anatomy of a fish and how it compares to the sense of smell of a mammal.

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Can Fish Smell? | A Moment of Science | PBS

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Yosemite describes a bear's sense of smell in relation to its proximity to humans at the national parks; this context makes it extremely interesting. This article includes distances and numbers that would be great for bringing math into the conversation.

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When you visit Yosemite National Park, you are likely being smelled by at least one of Yosemite's black bears (Ursus americanus). Whether you're in Yosemite Valley, at Glacier Point, or at the top of Mt. Lyell, you are within the range of a bear's sense of smell. This fact can be attributed to the size of Yosemite's area, the size of the park's bear population, and the bears' amazing sense of smell.

Yosemite National Park has an area of 1,169 square miles;in comparison, the State of Rhode Island is 1,214 square miles. Park biologists believe that Yosemite's population of black bears is between 300 and 500 bears. This means, assuming an even distribution of Yosemite's bears, there's one bear every 2.3 to 3.9 square miles. A black bear's sense of smell can easily be measured in miles.

Looking at a black bear's head, it's obvious that they have a very large nose. The area inside a black bear's nose, called the nasal mucosa, is 100 times greater than ours. This large nose results in an excellent sense of smell! Even bloodhounds, dogs so famous for their sense of smell that they're used to track missing people, don't smell as well a black bear. It is estimated that black bears' sense of smell is about seven times greater than a bloodhound's.

A black bear's sense of smell is so good that it's difficult to measure. Bears are commonly thought to have the keenest sense of smell in the animal kingdom, and estimates of the range of their sense of smell vary widely. Conservative estimates of a black bear's sense of smell state that a black bear can smell a food source from over a mile away, while other sources claim a black bear can smell food from over two miles away. A personal account from " The Great Bear Almanac" describes a black bear in California traveling "upwind three miles in a straight line to reach the carcass of a dead deer." More generous estimates place a black bear's sense of smell between 18 and 20 miles, which may sound extreme, until you learn that polar bears, the black bear's cousin, have been known to follow seals for up to 40 miles.

In summary, though it's difficult to measure just how far a black bear can smell, a range of a few miles isn't unrealistic. With 300 to 500 bears roaming Yosemite at any given time, it's more than likely that at least one of them are smelling you at all times. So the next time you're in Yosemite, take a minute to stop and think about everything you smell, and what also might be smelling you.

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Bear Series, Part One: A Bear's Sense of Smell - Yosemite National Park (U.S. National Park Service)

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When you visit Yosemite National Park, you are likely being smelled by at least one of Yosemite's black bears (Ursus americanus). Whether you're in Yosemite Valley, at Glacier Point, or at the top of Mt. Lyell, you are within the range of a bear's sense of smell.

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This quick video explains the scientific process of smelling in kid-friendly but scientifically accurate language. It has helpful diagrams that connect the nose to the brain and even display vocab words on the screen. This will be helpful for visual leaners.

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How does the sense of smell work? - Senses for Kids

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This video explains the connection between memories and sense of smell; it incorporates diagrams of the brain and explains the phenomenon clearly.

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This video listicle focuses on six animals that have incredibly powerful senses of smell. It describes how they use them to survive in their lives and includes footage of them sniffing.

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This diagram shows a cross section of the olfactory system and the brain with labeled parts to support vocabulary around this anatomy.

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This fascinating cross section shows what the inside of a dog's nose looks like. It could spark comparison and contrasting, discussion, and further questions.