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Sense of Smell In part to make up for its poor eyesight, the badger has a very good sense of smell. It is thought that the badger's sense of smell is 700 to 800 times better than ours. Badgers can smell many things that we cannot. They use their sense of smell to find their way around, and find food. Badgers can also recognize each other by smell. Scent plays an important part in the social hierarchy too. Adults set scent on each other and on cubs - the whole community will smell of the group. This smell will be different from that of neighboring groups and helps them in the recognition of friends and strangers.

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