A Spectacled Bear’s Sense of Smell Puts a Bloodhound to Shame

Name: A Spectacled Bear’s Sense of Smell Puts a Bloodhound to Shame
Uploaded: 2022-12-08
Duration: 115780
Description: The brain of a spectacled bear may be a sixth of the size of a human’s, but the area devoted to smell is almost 18 times larger than our own. The result is a sense of smell that's 7 times stronger than that of a bloodhound.

The brain of a spectacled bear may be a sixth of the size of a human’s, but the area devoted to smell is almost 18 times larger than our own. The result is a sense of smell that's 7 times stronger than that of a bloodhound. (01:55)