What animal has the strongest sense of smell?

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What animal has the strongest sense of smell?

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answered Jan 19, 2022 by 1982tiperman (5,590 points)
The animal that has the strongest sense of smell is the African Elephant.

African elephants have a sense of smell that is likely the strongest ever identified in a single species, according to a study by scientists from the University of Tokyo.

Elephants have nearly 2,000 special genes that detect odors in the environment.

The smartest animal is the Chimpanzee.

Chimpanzees can learn sign language to communicate with humans.

Topping the list of smartest animals is another great ape, the chimpanzee.

The impressive intellectual abilities of this animal have long fascinated humans.

The animal that has the biggest brain is the sperm whale.

A sperm whale has the biggest brain of any animal species, weighing up to 20 pounds (7 to 9 kilograms).

Snails are an animal that has 25000 teeth over their lifetime.

Snails have more teeth than any animal.

A snail's mouth is no larger than the head of a pin, but can have over 25,000 teeth (but these aren't like regular teeth, they are on its tongue).

An animal that has no teeth is an anteater.

Anteaters are an animal that has no teeth and instead the anteater slurps up their favorite insect snacks with large snouts and very long tongues.

Anteaters generally eat up to 35,000 ants and termites every single day!

An animal that is mostly bulletproof is an Armadillo.

Armadillos have a very tough shell that is hard to penetrate with a bullet.

Other animals that are partially bulletproof include Hippos, Elephants, Rhinos, Polar and Grizzly bears, Moose, Buffalo.

Rhinos are not bulletproof although they can take a bullet and may not be harmed.

But still rhinos can be shot and killed or injured.

So the rhino is not completely bulletproof.

The collagenous dermis of the white rhinoceros forms a thick, protective armour that is highly specialized in its structure and material properties compared with other mammalian skin.

In compression, rhinoceros skin withstands average stresses and strains of 170 MPa and 0.7, respectively, before yielding.

A rhinos skin is around 1.5 – 5 centimetres thick and is formed from layers of collagen (the main protein of connective tissue in animals and the most abundant protein in mammals), positioned in a lattice structure (crisscrossed framework).

In the wild, the adult black or white rhino has no predators except for humans.

Rhinos are hunted and killed for their horns.

Rhinos are intelligent, social, emotional animals that are a vital part of Africa's tourism industry and its legacy.

The remaining five species of rhinoceros are all listed on the IUCN's Red List of threatened species.

Three of them are listed as critically endangered.

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