29. Elephants and Kiwi

Weird Animal Facts: Explicit

What's that smell? Whether its a taco truck or a fart you have your nose to thank for that; as well as your olfactory bulb, cilia, and even your mucus. In the fourth week of our five week journey into the five senses we take a weird look at two of the weirdest noses in the animal world. And both have long snoots! Elephants and Kiwis!
Elephants from both Africa and Asia; learn how their nose does and can help humans, and what you can do to save them! And how do you tell the difference between and African and Asian elephant? With quiet possibly the best nose in the animal kingdom, you can find out why you should care and how you can help protect them by donating to 96 elephants (see link below).
As for the weird kiwi, who unlike any other bird is practically a mammal (even though it is a bird), finds food by using its sense of smell. From New Zealand, this weird little fluff ball has the 2nd best nose of all birds (following the condor) and has some weird smelling and hunting techniques to help them survive. But you too have help them survive by donating to Kiwis for Kiwi (see link below).
Here are all the scientific names from the show today:
African forest elephant: Loxodonta cyclotis
African savanna elephant: Loxodonta africana
Asian elephant: Elephas Maximus
Wooly mammoth: Mammuthus primigenius

Brown Kiwi: Apteryx mantelli
Great spotted kiwi/roroa: Apteryx haastii
Little spotted kiwi: Apteryx owenii
Rowi: Apteryx rowi
If you want to help save the elephant and/or kiwi then please consider donating to these conservation efforts:
https://www.wcs.org/96-elephants
https://www.kiwisforkiwi.org/donate/
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