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Rodents remotely move matter using sound to enhance their sense of smell: study
- marshray 2y agoSince the university News Center couldn't be bothered to link to the actual article: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105908 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105908 "Here, we propose that ultrasonic vocalizations may affect what rodents smell by altering the deposition of inhaled particles and that rodents coordinate active sniffing with sound production specifically to enhance reception of pheromones."
- metalman 2y agoso.Rats have,tuned olfactory nasal tractor beams. use this knowledge to kill rats there must be a huge,evolutionary/survival advantage that would be difficult for a preditor to exploit under natural conditions here little rat,yesss,everything is as pheremonaly fine as we can make it,closer little rat,endorphins await,trusssst us
- Sabinus 2y agoIn English it's a convention to put a space after a ,
- otteromkram 2y agoThis is wild; I like how one of the lead scientists used their background in another discipline (humpback whales) to help uncover this discovery about mice and USVs.
- trebligdivad 2y agoI don't think it's too unusual to move between animals in something like that; but that's about as big a range (and difference in type) as you're going to get isn't it!
- delichon 2y agoechosmellcation
- karim79 2y ago*echosmellocation