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A Pryor Mountain mustang lifts his lip to catch a scent in a wild horse range in Montana. The behavior is called a Flehmen response when an animal curls his upper lip in this manner.
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- MELISSA FARLOW
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- Mustangs: Spirit of the Shrinking West_National Geographic magazine 2/2009
