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...
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Vomeronasal organ (section Flehmen response)
structures constitute the accessory olfactory system. The VNO triggers the flehmen response in some mammals, which helps direct liquid organic chemicals to the...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Horse behavior (section The "fight-or-flight" response)
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...
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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...
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A Baird's tapir in a zoo, exhibiting the flehmen response...
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