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Show Can Ducks Smell? It has been often asked whether or not ducks can smell. Some hunters cite from their experiences Instances that seem to show ducks can smell, others that ducks cannot. Now the naturalist would say that ducks, owing to their habit, have no need of smell nnd hence cannot. This rule is not infallible, but generally holds good. Any wild thing with such eyes as ducks have do not need to smell. Nature seems to have given birds a discerning eye and animals ani-mals a discerning nose. A fox will look straight at a man and not see him, even when only a few feet away, provided pro-vided he does not smell him or tho man does not move, A duck will not only see a man standing perfectly still nt a long distance, regardless of the wind, but will notice nny change in tho landmarks land-marks of their haunts or feeding grounds. John Burroughs in Outing. |