Get a whiff of that: Why you smell like you
Brains On! Science podcast for kids
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Stings Your Nose
i just can't hold my tongue any more. You humans are always trying to cover up your natural funk. Give it up for tanny the tamandua. How can an animal so acute be so stinky? i'm much smaller than my better known cousin, the giant ant eater. I'm snack sized, some might say. So if you were a pair of hungry jaguars, you might shrug off my signature scent and try to keep approaching. A bad idea. If a preditor comes too close, they're going to get a shnoz full of stink. My spray is four times as potent as a common skunks. That does seem like a good way to
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