Mmm. . .What’s That Smell?
By Hannah Schardt; Art by Dave CoverlyYou’ll probably never get close enough to most wild animals to sniff them. But some people who have gotten a whiff of THESE animals say they smell positively delicious!
Some people think beavers smell like vanilla. With those big, strong front teeth, a beaver could gnaw through an ice cream cone in no time.
Now THIS is bananas: Honey bees smell like. . .well, can you guess? (It IS bananas!)
Keep your distance—these snakes are venomous. But many people who’ve gotten too close to copperheads say the snakes smell like cucumbers.
Spadefoot toads smell like peanut butter. Now, if only there were a toad that smelled like jelly. . . .