The placement creates a longer delay between the time the left and right nostrils receive an odor than in sharks with pointed noses.

VOA: special.2010.08.03

Second and significantly, God himself blows the breath of life into Adam's nostrils.

第二重要的，上帝将生命之气吹进亚当的鼻孔。

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You have a wind that blasts from God's nostrils, the waters stand straight like a wall, and at a second blast, the sea then covers the Egyptians, and they sink like a stone in the majestic waters.

从上帝的鼻孔里吹出来一阵狂风,水墙骤起，第二阵狂风吹起,海水淹没了埃及士兵，他们就像石头一样沉入水底。

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Hammerhead sharks have nostrils that are more widely spaced than those of sharks with pointed noses.

VOA: special.2010.08.03

The scientists placed special equipment on the sharks to direct odors directly to their nostrils.

VOA: special.2010.08.03

But scientists now can show that differences between the time when a shark's nostrils receive smells is more important than the strength of the odors.

VOA: special.2010.08.03

They had their eyes - and nostrils - wide open.

VOA: standard.2010.07.30