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Old 05-05-2008, 11:46 AM   #13 (permalink)
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I know Jillio and Vampy are right that the heightened sense of smell for lots of deafies is subjective. In my case, as I became progressively deafer, the accuracy of my sense of smell increased.

My boss is so impressed with my sensitive nose that he has me walk through our bee yard and hive sites just to sniff out the early stages of "foul brood," a condition where we have to burn the colony, hive boxes and all.
The wonders of human adaptation! Ain't it grand?
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