article_snippet: Last summer, researchers confirmed that African elephants have the best sense of smell in the animal kingdom.
article_snippet: Scientists from the University of Tokyo said elephants have the largest number of genes dedicated to smell of any mammal.
article_snippet: elephants have 2,000 genes that are dedicated to scent - twice as many as dogs and five times as many as humans.
article_snippet: Previous studies have shown that the animals have well-developed olfactory systems that include large olfactory bulbs and areas in the brain.
article_snippet: The creatures have the best sense of smell in the animal kingdom .
article_snippet: Research last year revealed that elephants have the best sense of smell in the animal kingdom, partially because elephants have 2,000 genes that are dedicated to scent.
article_snippet: ‘elephants world is primarily olfactory,’ he Professor Wittemyer said.