Re: theropod scavenging

[Richard W Travsky <rtravsky@uwyo.edu>]

On Tue, 15 Jan 2002 Danvarner@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 1/15/02 8:28:12 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
> psparks@crosslink.net writes:
> 
> 
> << according to animalplanet and a couple books the molecules that contribute
> to smell are heavy and tend to sink to the ground. Have you ever got down
> and sniffed where blood hounds snif. I have and there is a lot more to smell
> down there than at our nose level. I think that the get up and smell idea is
> an old wives tale. >>
> 
>        The Turkey Vulture uses its keen olfactory system in locating carrion 
> and it's WAY up there. See: http://www.petersononline.com/birds/month/tuvu/

Some moths can perform incredible feats of "smelling".