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    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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    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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    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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    tapir heart (Tapirus terrestris) South American tapir performing the Flehmen response Allen & Miller (1916), pp. 566-567 Varela, D.; Flesher, K.; Cartes...
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    A Baird's tapir in a zoo, exhibiting the flehmen response...
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    possible mates. When smelling the ewe's urine, the males display the Flehmen response to test if the ewe is in estrus. Shackleton calls this phenomenon "lip-curl"...
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