Scientists Uncover How Cats Identify Each Other by Urine Scent
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For the first time, researchers have decoded how domestic cats pass on information about their urine – and solved a hundred-year-old puzzle.
Scientists have discovered that pet cats recognize each other by smelling their urine because the compositional profiles of their urine differ.
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Scientists uncover how cats identify each other by urine scent
Domestic cats identify each other by sniffing their urine, as their urinary composition profiles are individually distinctive, according to a study published in a scientific journal.
Cats recognize well-known species from the urine odour and over months. Researchers have now decoded the chemical mechanism behind it and solved an old riddleCats can recognize individual species from scent marks in the urine. How exactly they do this, an international research team has now deciphered in detail - and solved a hundred-year-old puzzle about the biology of cats. Many animals - including cats - leave scent marks in their surrounding…
Scientists have discovered that pet cats recognize each other by smelling their urine because the compositional profiles of their urine differ.
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