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  2. Peccary - Wikipedia

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    Peccaries have scent glands below each eye and another on their backs, though these are believed to be rudimentary in P. maximus. They use the scent to mark herd territories, which range from 30 to 280 hectares (75 to 700 acres). They also mark other herd members with these scent glands by rubbing one against another.

  3. Elden Ring - Wikipedia

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    Elden Ring [b] is a 2022 action role-playing game developed by FromSoftware. It was directed by Hidetaka Miyazaki with worldbuilding provided by American fantasy writer George R. R. Martin . It was published for PlayStation 4 , PlayStation 5 , Windows , Xbox One , and Xbox Series X/S on February 25 in Japan by FromSoftware and internationally ...

  4. Torrent (Elden Ring) - Wikipedia

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    Torrent is a fictional horse in the 2022 action role-playing game and soulslike Elden Ring developed by FromSoftware. A ghostly being known as a "spectral steed", Torrent chooses the player character as his new owner. He subsequently assists the player in their quest to become Elden Lord, the restorer of a magical artifact called the Elden Ring ...

  5. Scent gland - Wikipedia

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    The fossa has several scent glands. Like herpestids it has a perianal skin gland inside an anal sac which surrounds the anus like a pocket. The pocket opens to the exterior with a horizontal slit below the tail. Other glands are located near the penis or vagina, with the penile glands emitting a strong odor. Like the herpestids, it has no ...

  6. Preorbital gland - Wikipedia

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    Pheromone-containing secretions from the preorbital gland may serve to establish an animal's dominance (especially in preparation for breeding), [4] mark its territory, or simply to produce a pleasurable sensation to the animal. [5] Because of its critical role in scent marking, the preorbital gland is usually considered as a type of scent gland.

  7. Territory (animal) - Wikipedia

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    The antebrachial scent gland and spur on the forearm of a male ring-tailed lemur Visual sign-posts may be a short-term or long-term mode of advertising a territory. Short-term communication includes the colouration or behaviour of the animal, which can only be communicated when the resident is present.

  8. Von Ebner's gland - Wikipedia

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    Human Von Ebner's gland. Von Ebner's glands, also called Ebner's glands or gustatory glands, are exocrine glands found in the mouth. More specifically, they are serous salivary glands which reside adjacent to the moats surrounding the circumvallate and foliate papillae just anterior to the posterior third of the tongue in its submucosa, anterior to the terminal sulcus.

  9. Areolar gland - Wikipedia

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    Areolar glands, especially during pregnancy and lactation, emit odors that reliably cause newborn babies to face the breast and locate the nipple. Cleaning the breast or otherwise masking these scents makes it harder for newborns to find the nipple, and to get an important first drink of immunoprotective colostrum .