LA Zoo | Smelly Goofy Mojito the Tapir @TheLosAngelesZoo | Uploaded 6 months ago | Updated 1 day ago
What do you think Mojito the mountain tapir is smelling? 👃 Tapirs raise their long, wiggly nose to expose the Jacobson's organ at the roof of their mouth to better inhale scents and pheromones. This is called a flehmen response, and it looks like, well, this. 😛
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