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Recently I was discusing the whitetail deer with some of my friends and one of them said that a deer could distinguish seven diffrent scents in there nose at one time. Is this statement true or false? If true how is this accomplished?
from Dmarshall on 10.26.09 Answer Question |
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I don't know the number of different scents not sure there is a limit. Your own nose is not as good as a deer's; of course. However, think about when you enter a home cooking Thanksgiving dinner. As you enter you can smell the turkey, breads and pumpkin pie separately. So if you can do this would it not make sense for a deer with a more sophisticated nose to smell even more.
That is why "cover scents" for hunting are a joke.
I had the same thought charlie elk. I you know a good chef their noses are as educated as their tastebuds. As you say all of us can simultaneously identify many different smells from the kitchen, and those who cultivate their sense of smell can process even more. Deer need to have a highly refined sense of smell to survive, that life and death stuff is the fundamental component of animal adaptation. The strong survive based not just on muscle but upon the refinement of senses that give them an edge over those that would prey upon them.
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I don't know the number of different scents not sure there is a limit. Your own nose is not as good as a deer's; of course. However, think about when you enter a home cooking Thanksgiving dinner. As you enter you can smell the turkey, breads and pumpkin pie separately. So if you can do this would it not make sense for a deer with a more sophisticated nose to smell even more.
That is why "cover scents" for hunting are a joke.
I had the same thought charlie elk. I you know a good chef their noses are as educated as their tastebuds. As you say all of us can simultaneously identify many different smells from the kitchen, and those who cultivate their sense of smell can process even more. Deer need to have a highly refined sense of smell to survive, that life and death stuff is the fundamental component of animal adaptation. The strong survive based not just on muscle but upon the refinement of senses that give them an edge over those that would prey upon them.
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