Everyone knows that the nose is an indispensable part of the respiratory system. However, perhaps few people know that, in the natural world, the nose is diverse.
Star-nosed moles live in eastern Canada and the northeastern United States. If you've never seen them, that's fine because most of the time they hide underground, digging tunnels. They use their monstrous noses to spread 22 fleshy spines like tentacles to navigate and search for worms or other insects living on the ground to eat, because in the dark cave, the eyes become useless.
The big-nosed monkey got its name because of its great nose, 17 centimeters long, but only "males" have it. Usually in humans big-nosed gentlemen are popular with women, so are big-nosed monkeys.
On Earth, excluding wild boar, the herd of domestic pigs amounts to more than 2 million heads. Pigs are very docile. They use their large, two-hole nose like an electric thermos to poke the ground to find food, from fallen fruit to stale food.
An anteater, a noisy animal at night with a very long nose and very hearing, used as a detector to find food (ants, termites). When they find a termite or ant nest, they use their claws to scratch these crowded insects to break the nest, flee, and then use their nose to suck. Ants and termites could not escape, burrowing into their mouths, not missing a single one.
Dog breeds like mastiffs, for example, have tiny upturned noses, always making hums because of their noses because the sky makes them very difficult to breathe. Humans can repair the punishment of nature with a minor surgery, they are no longer born with stuffy noses and get better.
Everyone has seen elephants, but have you ever thought about their strange trunk? The spout is a full nose, a multi-function nose, lips and an arm. Elephants use their trunks to grasp objects, to scratch their backs, to wipe their eyes, to knock down trees, to drink, to spray baths...
Sea elephants with very impressive noses live in all the oceans of the world. Only adult male sea elephants have a bulging nose, which allows them to roar in deafening sounds. The nose also helps them store water to retain body heat in the dry season, the water evaporates so they can stay on the beach, while the female and baby sea elephants do not have the same "water tank", must be discarded. go elsewhere to find water and food.
The rhinoceros nose is made of horns, the material that makes up our hair and nails. This fierce-looking animal lives in Africa and Asia. People often hunt rhinos to near extinction to sell to China because according to Chinese medicine, rhino horn is extremely precious. It's the horn of treason.
The long-nosed dog, also known as the taxi dog, is the exact opposite of the short-nosed mastiff. It is a precious dog used in hunting mink and hares. With their long noses, they are truly masters of sniffing.
Long-nosed gerbils are generally not part of the rat family. Scientists are confused as to which family to put them in and think that they may be distant relatives of loris, shrews, even… elephants. Remembering their long, pointed nose, they feed on the ground - their food is beetles and spiders.
Tapirs – are excellent scouts, living in the forests of South Africa, Central America and the southeastern part of the Americas. Their noses are soft, and can be turned or pointed in all directions to find fallen fruit or favorite leaves.
It is impossible to stop without mentioning the nose on the giant beak of the ground phoenix. The body of this large bird is 1 meter long, the beak alone is 25 cm, but it is not heavy. The beak has two lobes, which are porous materials like honeycombs, but still a powerful weapon to fight over territory.
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