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How Calvin Klein's Obsession Is Helping Big Cat Conservation

Posted by samzenpus on from the can-you-smell-that? dept.

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.

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  1. Obsession by encyclo · · Score: 5, Funny

    BEWARE: Obsession: Attracts Cougars.

  2. Ha! by rebelwarlock · · Score: 4, Funny

    So it really does help you get pussy! I'll see myself out now.

  3. Sadly... by rmdingler · · Score: 4, Insightful

    There is no chance this will be abused by those human hunters interested in bagging a large cat.

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    Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.

    Ernest Hemingway

    1. Re:Sadly... by argStyopa · · Score: 3, Funny

      I was going to say that we should keep it quiet, and offer a free Obsession for Men bath and body kit to anyone going big-cat hunting. You know, to even the odds a bit.

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      -Styopa
  4. Sex Panther! by mark_reh · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "60% of the time it works every time!"

  5. Misread as "How Calvin's Obsession Is Helping..." by havana9 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    And thought: "of course Calvin is helping the conservation of big cats, especially if we're talking of a tiger named Hobbes"