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Olfactory notes: Elephants’ ritualised greeting ceremonies help them share the ‘herd odour’. (Yauyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images)
AFRICAN ELEPHANTS

African elephants use ‘pachyderm perfume’ to send messages to each other

And the giant mammals are highly proficient at tracking the scent of specific humans, even differentiating between people of the same family

  • Sheree Bega
5 min read