The elephant has the best sniffer in the animal kingdom, according to Discovery.com
“Guinea pigs, with 796 olfactory receptor (OR) genes, landed in the No. 10 spot, according to lead author Yoshihito Niimura of the University of Tokyo’s Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, and colleagues Atsushi Matsui and Kazushige Touhara,” Discovery reported.
“Humans surprisingly didn’t rank too shabbily, winding up with a number 13 placement (396 OR genes) just behind tree shrews (563) and rabbits (768),” Discovery sated.
Rats have the second best sniffers in the animal kingdom, Discovery reported.
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