tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9194378690159698339.post1422174724209353221..comments2023-10-02T06:48:09.872-07:00Comments on Did a Cat Shit in Here?: ContextKen Chiacchiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04626815789187013583noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9194378690159698339.post-36021818839106010702010-02-10T00:14:57.044-08:002010-02-10T00:14:57.044-08:00Don't forget kin selection. If the crunched b...Don't forget kin selection. If the crunched butterfly's relatives resemble the victim, they will be safer thereafter, and three brothers or eight cousins outweigh an individual in terms of genetic legacy.Barton Paul Levensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07630802738456749652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9194378690159698339.post-6466859209367618152009-12-05T11:17:20.730-08:002009-12-05T11:17:20.730-08:00Jostein: Thanks.
Judy: Maybe you missed the fir...Jostein: Thanks.<br /><br />Judy: Maybe you missed the first time that they saw it and found out it wasn't yummy? I guess you they probably don't have free access to it?<br /><br />I really don't know -- a few years ago I'd say that the plant is missing a component that's important for the dogs to recognize carrion smell, but that wouldn't explain the beetles, and in any case I'm thinking more in terms of macrosmic animals having more sensitive smell than us rather than smelling things we don't.<br /><br />I don't suppose it's possible that these dogs are aversive to carrion smell? You see SAR dogs that, in initial training, react negatively to human material -- but of course that's specifically human, and social.<br /><br />Again, I'm stumped.Ken Chiacchiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04626815789187013583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9194378690159698339.post-57037577418521658942009-12-04T11:02:21.382-08:002009-12-04T11:02:21.382-08:00Very funny, and a nice summation. Thank you for sp...Very funny, and a nice summation. Thank you for spreading the word!<br /><br />Jostein GohliJosteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14533146134202383551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9194378690159698339.post-52899846544176245792009-11-20T14:36:15.419-08:002009-11-20T14:36:15.419-08:00I have a plant called dragon arum, Latin name Drac...I have a plant called dragon arum, Latin name Dracunculus vulgaris. It is hardy here in NJ. Looks somewhat like Jack in the pulpit. Spathe is dull red and the first couple of days it is open it smells like long-dead woodchuck.<br /><br />Carrion beetles flock to it. After all, its color and scent are designed to attract them as pollinators.<br /><br />My neighbors dogs ignore the plant.<br /><br />What's missing?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00833042498881623449noreply@blogger.com