Sentences with phrase «scent of this pheromone»

The strong scent of this pheromone — also called oil of wintergreen and found consumer goods including Listerine mouthwash and chewing gum — wards off other potential mates, helping to ensure that no other males fertilize the female's eggs.

Not exact matches

An important and foundational aspect of human communication is the scent of those hormones which foster affiliation across the animal kingdom, which are called pheromones.

Like ants and honeybees, beetles communicate via scented chemicals called pheromones, one of which warns the insects to stay away from particular trees.

Preti is hot on the scent of the human armpit because he believes that secretions from the so - called axillary region harbor pheromones, airborne chemical signals that influence mating, dominance, familyties, and maturation in other species of the animal kingdom.

According to lead author of the study, Dr Marinus De Jager of Stellenbosch University: «Since the discovery that the floral scent of these remarkable orchids mimics female sex pheromones, many of these compounds have been made in the laboratory.

Then the team allowed unaltered males to choose between scent trails of altered males, large and small females, unaltered males, and she - males (unaltered males that naturally emit small amounts of female pheromones).

Many kinds of insect, perhaps most, find their mates by scent, the so - called sex pheromones.

However, when one of them finds some food in the vicinity of the colony, it takes a tiny piece of it to the nest, leaving a trail of a scent - emanating substance called pheromones.

This eventually leads to an optimization of the path: Since pheromones are evaporative, the scent is the stronger the shorter the trail is — so more ants follow the shortest trail, again leaving scent marks.

But a combination of dead pig scent and male pheromone had the females flocking.

Dave: Today's cool fact of the day is that researchers have discovered a citrus scented pheromone in male goat hair.

Instead of «oakey,» «crisp,» and «tannic,» however, Pheromone Party attendees use descriptions like «hint of onion» and «strange scent of Play - Doh.»

When ant colonies are moving or when they have found a source of food, ants leave a scent trail for other ants to follow, and this happens when an ant secretes a chemical called a pheromone.

silhouette composed of a race - car front and a jet - fighter rear turns heads in rapid succession, the scent of sticky Pirelli PZero rubber and hot carbon - ceramic brakes is wafting like pheromone through the crowded street cafes.

What Puss is actually doing is marking you as a member of her family with the use of pheromones that are released from her scent glands.

This room is kept free of dog scent and is equipped with a feline pheromone dispenser that helps keep our feline friends at ease during visits.

The absence of dog scent aside, these rooms further reduce feline stress because they may be equipped with diffusers that disseminate a synthetic version of the normal pheromones given off by cats as they rub their cheeks against people or furniture; this pheromone serves as a chemical marker that signifies safety, contentment, and familiarity.

Providing nonslip surfaces for pets to stand on, incorporating calming scents and / or pheromones, minimizing noises and using calming sounds, using LED lighting instead of fluorescent lighting, and using disinfectants with very little odor can help create a veterinary «spa» atmosphere to relax and calm not only dogs and cats, but also people.

In the event of spraying, a feline pheromone spray can be applied to the area after it is cleaned to trick the cat into believing that the scent mark is still present without the offending odor.

Removing the scent of marking and adding pheromones to the environment are important as well.

In addition to the scents of fir trees, fireplaces and spices rising into the air as cookies bake, bring the chemical contribution of synthetic pheromones that mimic those produced by dogs and cats.

Place clothes with your scent on them, cat nip, or Feliway calming pheromone spray in the carriers to invoke a sense of calming and relaxation in the carriers.

When you cat scratch objects, they often do so to become sovereigns of that object and give information such as gender to other cats through the pheromones that are spread through their paws from their scent gland which is found between your cat's toes.

The spray consists of feline pheromones of the type that cats deposit when performing facial marking (i.e., rubbing their face / cheeks on things to scent mark).

A pheromone is a hormone messenger that is excreted by mammalian species that emits a scent that is picked up by other members of the species.

It is a human - created chemical copycat (no pun intended) of the pheromones that your cat deposits when they rub their scent glands on objects (or even on you).

The face (cheek, forehead, chin) and paws have important scent glands, and of course urine or spray marking contains pheromones — cats use all of these scent glands to mark their turf and communicate with other cats.

When a dog sniffs the faeces and the anal regions of another dog it is finding out important information via the pheromones in the scent, including the other dog's sex and sexual status.

Another useful commercial product is Feliway, a synthetic pheromone that, when applied to household surfaces, mimics the scent of cat cheek gland secretions.

Pheromone sprays mimic the scent that a mother puts out to her babies, resulting in a sense of calm and comfort.

«Feliway» is an environmental spray that consists of a synthetic chemical that mimics the scent found in the gland near the lips of cats (the facial pheromones).

They communicate among themselves with posture, body language, vocalization, and scent, i.e., pheromones, which are components of urine and the anal gland secretions that coat the feces.