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How Calvin Klein's Obsession Is Helping Big Cat Conservation
StartsWithABang writes: It's no secret that cats of all sizes rub their mouths and faces on many surfaces they come in contact with, both to deposit and pick up scents. But a combination of ingredients in an unusual source — Calvin Klein's Obsession for men — seems to be irresistible to tigers, cheetahs, jaguars and more. The civetone and vanilla, in particular, not only drive captive animals wild, but have been used with great effectiveness in taking a census of and tracking jaguars in protected forests.
BEWARE: Obsession: Attracts Cougars.
And I wondered why I kept getting these as gifts by people who also invite me to go to the zoo...
So it really does help you get pussy! I'll see myself out now.
There is no chance this will be abused by those human hunters interested in bagging a large cat.
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Now I know where to apply the cologne to get face rubbing exactly where I want it....
"60% of the time it works every time!"
Civetone is a pheromone of the civet, a small mammal (famous for being the creature that eats coffee cherries, then poops out the bean, producing kopi luwak, a silly and expensive coffee product).
Big cats (all hunters) are attracted to the pheromones of their prey? Who knew!
Is this what is meant by 'The Lynx Effect'?
(To Americans, that's what brits call 'The Axe Effect'.)
And thought: "of course Calvin is helping the conservation of big cats, especially if we're talking of a tiger named Hobbes"
He's so hot right now.
How is this news? Men have been spraying this on themselves in an attempt to get pussy to rub on them for years.
That explains the CK booth at the dentist convention.
In order to attract jaguars to camera traps, field biologists have used the cologne Calvin Klein's Obsession For Men. It is believed that the civetone in the cologne resembles a territorial marking.[4]
4 refers to an article from 2013.
Did the exact same thing. Was going to post the misread, but then thought, "Nah... NOBODY else would have done this. I clearly need to give up for today and head back to bed...."
The Ginko Biloba is -not- working well for me, but at least I'm not alone.
There are two types of people in the world; those who believe there are two types of people, and those who don't.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
They should bundle every bottle with a rock that keeps tigers away. Just in case.
... this from 2013 http://blogs.scientificamerica...
That hipster twat's branching out from crap astronomy articles to crap articles about other things.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
Apparently, high end perfume may also help for the conservation of wolves.
This scent smearing ritual isn't limited to stinky odors. In her studies, Goodmann placed different odors in the wolf enclosures and found that wolves roll in sweet-smelling scents too. Besides rolling in ode-to-cat, elk, mouse, and hog, they also rolled in mint extract, Chanel No. 5, Halt! dog repellant, fish sandwich with tartar sauce, fly repellent, and Old Spice. So the scents aren't necessarily foul, nor are they ones that wolves necessarily like. Goodmann stated, "some of the Wolf Park wolves object when handlers put fly repellent on their ear tips but these same wolves often scent roll readily in fly repellents manufactured to be sprayed onto horses, provided the scents are sprayed on the ground and left for the wolves to discover."
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Yes, fish sandwich with tartare sauce. I can confirm that my cat likes that odor too.
In fact, if it was a contest between high end perfume and a fishy smell, for my cat. I can guarantee that the fishy smell would win every time.