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odour

A volatile emanation that is perceived by the sense of smell.


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Why do faeces smell?

... matters and also this contains final products of enzymatic acions and the evolved gases...... all these smells in mixture and collectively an ODOUR.... Sweet No??? :lol: :twisted:

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by sachin
Wed Jun 20, 2007 5:12 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Why do faeces smell?
Replies: 13
Views: 4345

Perspiration among carnivores [mammals].

... feet Of course this comes into play only when respiration is not enough. Also, as mentioned by Darby it is the exception and not the rule. :) The odour of perspiration (as you may already know) is mainly due to the bacteria on the skin.

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by thehundredthone
Tue Mar 27, 2007 6:10 am
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: Perspiration among carnivores [mammals].
Replies: 11
Views: 1859

Healthy Smell of Scretion

Same As Swate Body Odour??????

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by sachin
Sun Dec 10, 2006 2:47 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Healthy Smell of Scretion
Replies: 10
Views: 1052

The Fiber Disease

... in Udolisa & Lebo, 1986) also identified T. vogelii as one of the plants used by fishermen of Lake Kainyi, Nigeria. T. vogelii has a pungent odour which is due to a volatile oil known as Tephrosal (Dalziel, 1937). In addition, the plant contains an active substance known as Tephrosin that ...

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by Nadas Moksha
Sat Nov 04, 2006 7:00 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
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sexual attraction.........

one day mygirl near me just raised her arm and i thought she smelled really bad .I think that odour has nothing to do for highly evolved species

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by asrafally
Thu Oct 19, 2006 7:19 pm
 
Forum: Physiology
Topic: sexual attraction.........
Replies: 21
Views: 5808
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