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The Nose Connection

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Abstract

It is common knowledge that animals communicate in secret languages recognized only by themselves. The most widely used language is odor, a chemical language, and in the vocabulary of odors, sexy scents are among the most powerful. Anyone who lives in a country town cannot help being impressed by the extravagant behavior of male dogs when the village bitch, 10 or more blocks away, comes in heat. Fences are jumped, chewed up, or dug under, ropes are shredded, and chains are broken. Love doggedly finds a way.

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Maxwell, K. (1994). The Nose Connection. In: The Sex Imperative. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-5988-1_12

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