Sorry this is so late--I forgot to hit "Publish"!!----Fran
Did you know that your sense of taste & your sense of smell are very closely connected? That, actually, if you lose your sense of smell nothing will have any flavor? My grandmother had this condition later in life; it's called anosmia.
Fro more about this condition & other nose stuff,
Scroll down to video/2nd picture
To see possible problems with wearing a wax nose,
click here.
Or this:
But some people's noses don't turn out exactly like that.
A woman walks into a beauty parlor & tells the hairdresser she wants
to look like Barbra Streisand, so the beautician broke her nose:
To see possible problems with wearing a wax nose,
click here.
There is a common misconception that our ears & noses continue to grow all our lives. In reality, this isn't true. This "growth" is due to cartilage continuing to grow as you age. The real reason our noses and ears keep getting larger is the result of that evil stepchild of fundamental forces, gravity.
Science
can measure the brain's olfactory lobe and count the smell receptor cells in
there, but it still can't qualify a smell in the lab -- only the nose knows
whether a scent attracts or repels, and reveals this perception by words or
behavior. This makes it difficult, if not impossible, to identify an absolute
best smeller.
According to the number of scent receptors, the bear has the
best sense of smell of all terrestrial mammals. Black bears have been observed
to travel 18 miles in a straight line to a food source, while grizzlies can
find an elk carcass when it's underwater and polar bears can smell a seal
through 3 feet of ice. It's not all about food, though-- male polar bears have
been known to trek a hundred miles following the scent of a sexually receptive
sow.
The champion smeller of the insect world is the male silkmoth.
He can scent his ladylove as far away as 6 miles or more, and he can detect as
few as one or two of her pheromone scent particles at that distance. His ardor
shows itself in his walk, which becomes a stagger, as if he were drunk on love.
His powerful sense of smell has inspired scientists to begin developing an
artificial brain based on it that may someday become the mover of
scent-detecting robots to use against drug smuggling and chemical weapons.
(animals.mom.me)
(animals.mom.me)
A classic nose story (This is the full 113 minute movie.):
If you're not overly sensitive to foul odors, this might be a good job for you:
Or you could even work for a deodorant company:
We are born with "button" noses so we can nurse:
This is America's idea of a perfect adult nose:
A woman walks into a beauty parlor & tells the hairdresser she wants
to look like Barbra Streisand, so the beautician broke her nose:
Some are changed surgically, like Michael Jackson's:
And some grow a little too large, like Jimmy Durante's:
