If you’re looking for something to do this weekend, you could always sniff some animal butts. The Atoa Aquarium in Kobe, Japan has an unusual exhibit that lets visitors smell what different animal butts smell like. The display features framed portraits of animals including penguins, tigers, hippos, and koalas, each with a small hole near the picture. When people lean in and sniff through the holes, they get a whiff of what that animal’s behind smells like.
The smells are fake and created artificially, so they’re safe to breathe in. The aquarium says the exhibit is meant to teach people about how animals use smell to communicate with each other and figure out things like health and mood. Videos of people sniffing the portraits have gone viral online, with viewers watching their funny facial reactions to the smells.
Source: BoingBoing
