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Sniff-Urine

Touching the tip of the trunk over, on, or in urine or a spot of urine soaked soil presumably for the purpose of assessing physical or reproductive state (either estrus or musth) and/or individual identification. Sniffing of urine may be Male-Female, Male-Male, Female-Male or Female-Female. All age/sex groups engage in Sniff-Urine although males are the more frequent sniffers.

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Matriarch, Selengei, Urinates and Defecates and walks on. A young male comes over and begins to Sniff-Urine and then puts a sample into his mouth and performs Flehmen. (Maasai Mara, Kenya)

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