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Nasal cavity Sinuses Cavity
with paper- of brain
thin turbinal
ATTACKING
A fox would not bones
usually attack a Fleshy
sheep, but it might nose
do so if it could
smell that the sheep
was already dying.
Lip

NASAL CAVITY Palate
A dog’s keen sense of smell is due to rolls of
very fine bone, or turbinals, in its nasal cavity.
These are connected to a fine mesh of nerve
endings attached to the olfactory
nerve, which takes scent
messages to the brain.

MINI DACHSHUND’S NOSE
Like all of the dog family, this
miniature dachshund has a leathery
nose and two nostrils through which
scents are drawn into the nasal cavity.

The bat-eared fox’s
keen sense of smell
allows it to find its
prey quickly

BAT-EARED FOX
The bat-eared fox eats any small animal or fruit
that it can find, and it needs a keen sense of
Strong legs and smell to look for beetles underground.
excellent stamina
make the beagle a
dependable hunter
ENGLISH SETTER
Like the pointer, the setters
are scent hounds. They
BEAGLE
Scent hounds, like this Looking for prey … are trained to “set
beagle, have been bred to up” game birds
use their noses more than from the ground
their eyes and ears in the so they can
hunt. Because of this well- be shot in
developed sense of smell, the air.
they can pursue small game
very successfully. And with
less keen hearing, the dog
can concentrate on tracking
a scent without being
distracted by slight noises. … and finding a surprise

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