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BIRDS of the order Procellariiformes (the tube-nosed swimmers: albatrosses, shearwaters and petrels) are unusual in the development of their olfactory equipment, and some authors have suggested that these pelagic birds locate food by smell1–3. I report here positive responses from shearwaters and petrels to airborne odour trails controlled for visual cues.
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GRUBB, T. Smell and Foraging in Shearwaters and Petrels. Nature 237, 404–405 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/237404a0
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