Flehmen response in a horse Flehmen response in a Sumatran tiger Flehmen response in a tapir Flehmen response in an elk Flehmen response in a goat Flehmen...

structures constitute the accessory olfactory system. The VNO triggers the flehmen response in some mammals, which helps direct liquid organic chemicals to the...

licking its paw during grooming A tiger "licking" the air during the flehmen response A snake licking a leaf to detect prey Licking is the action of passing...

often exhibit the flehmen response, a posture in which they raise their snouts and show their teeth to detect scents. This response is frequently exhibited...

forests. It uses loud barks, visual and postural movements, and the flehmen response to communicate and warn others of danger. The common eland is used...

up pheromones and other scents when a horse exhibits the flehmen response. The flehmen response forces air through slits in the nasal cavity and into the...

Cats may be observed to sneer, though this is probably related to the Flehmen response. In Wuthering Heights Emily Brontë used the sneer—as perceived by the...

the upper lip. The curled lip flehmen response, noted above, most often is seen in stallions, but is usually a response to the smell of another horse's...

them to "taste" the air. The use of this organ is associated with the Flehmen response. They cannot detect the sweetness of sugar, as they lack the sweet...

A Baird's tapir in a zoo, exhibiting the flehmen response...