Saturday, 1 February 2014

Scent Similarity may Reflect Lemur Couple's Bond Strength

The similarity of their scents may reflect the strength of a lemur couple's bond, a new study found. "It's like singing a duet, but with smells instead of sounds," said Christine Drea, a Duke University professor who supervised the study. Duke researchers sampled and analyzed scent secretions produced by lemurs known as Coquerel's sifakas living at the Duke Lemur Center in Durham, NC. The researchers also monitored the animals' scent-marking and sniffing ...




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