The scent of a banana stresses out male mice
Researchers learned about this fruit aversion while analyzing spiking stress hormones in male mice when the males were close to pregnant or lactating females. The males' hormonal shifts were triggered by the presence of n-pentyl acetate in the females' urine. It also happens to be the compound that gives bananas their distinctive smell.
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Mudface The web isn't callipygian, Thu 2 Jun 2022, 9:42,
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being stressed around pregnant females is an evolutionary adaption that assists male mice avoid paying child support
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Thu 2 Jun 2022, 13:16,
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#notallmice
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Thu 2 Jun 2022, 23:42,
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