Pheromones

... the whole topic is extremely interesting as there is definitely some link whether it be environmental or genetic, I am hanging my money on the pheromones theory as to me that is what adds up, it just amazes me at how many of these little hidden biological triggers are actually hardwired into ...

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... thinking and hopefully someone can answer it as I would like to know also. All that I can think of is it would definitely be something to do with pheromones, really it was not that long ago scientists discovered VNO which are very tiny receptors in our noses, you have heard the term "the ...

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They are called semiochemicals, pheromones, etc. Read this: http://www.linv.org/images/about_pdf/Cognitive%20processing%202008.pdf http://www.plantphysiol.org/content/111/2/487.full.pdf http://www.pnas.org/content/87/19/7713.full.pdf

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... into rut, but many are willing and able to mate all the time, while unable to do so unless they can find a female in heat. Since she gives off pheromones at that time, many males will come to her, thus they fight. Also testosterones make one testy, ha ha, and thus more aggressive in general, ...

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... read somewhere that horses sweat as a means to cool down. Most mammals have few sweat glands and they are probably for other purposes (secreting pheromones or other such substances). Dogs and cats (and even crows!) pant if they are getting too hot. Kangaroos lick their arms to cool themselves ...

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