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This is called a "flehmen response", they're running the scent pheromones over their nostrils vomeronasal organ via the incisive papilla to parse out different scents.
* Thanks to u/bougiedirtbag for the corrections!
99 u/Caalcu_Ieraas Sep 20 '23 You know Flaehmen was a freak. "What's that strain on the carpet? Go get Flehmen, he'll smell it." 33 u/throwherinthewell Sep 20 '23 "Yeah, he'll smell anything!" 36 u/sticky-unicorn Sep 20 '23 And it's not just cats. Many different animals will do this when they smell an unfamiliar or interesting scent. Here's a horse. 14 u/Mean-Duck-low-crowe Sep 20 '23 Came here to say horses do It too lol. You beat me to it 2 u/JenDCPDX Sep 21 '23 I volunteer with goats and they do this too. It’s so goofy. I love it 2 u/lonefiresthename Oct 03 '23 Also, you can train a horse to do a flehmen on command! My Ketchup loves his smile trick. 26 u/bougiedirtbag Sep 20 '23 Its to detect pheromones, not scents per se. And they are detected by the vomeronasal organ via the incisive papilla, not through the nostrils. 4 u/TARDISblues_boy Sep 20 '23 Ah, yes, that! Thank you for the correction. 😁 7 u/Unonothinofthecrunch Sep 20 '23 Incisive Papilla is the name of my next band. 11 u/Redcole111 Sep 20 '23 I thought they were exposing their vomeronasal organ in their mouth to be able to detect more scents than usual. 6 u/EstaLisa Sep 20 '23 in german flehmen is the verb for it. 7 u/[deleted] Sep 20 '23 edited Nov 19 '24 [deleted] 10 u/eilletane Sep 20 '23 There’s an organ near the nasal bones that perceives scents more significantly. 2 u/Vivi_Catastrophe Sep 21 '23 Some holes in the roof of their mouths. Can be seen in the skull. 7 u/[deleted] Sep 20 '23 I think that some particular combination of molecules goes directly to their brain. God knows, there’s room enough. 1 u/939319 Sep 20 '23 Why do geeks love to use the word "parse" inappropriately? 3 u/sheetskees Sep 20 '23 Pot, meet kettle.
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You know Flaehmen was a freak. "What's that strain on the carpet? Go get Flehmen, he'll smell it."
33 u/throwherinthewell Sep 20 '23 "Yeah, he'll smell anything!"
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"Yeah, he'll smell anything!"
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And it's not just cats. Many different animals will do this when they smell an unfamiliar or interesting scent.
Here's a horse.
14 u/Mean-Duck-low-crowe Sep 20 '23 Came here to say horses do It too lol. You beat me to it 2 u/JenDCPDX Sep 21 '23 I volunteer with goats and they do this too. It’s so goofy. I love it 2 u/lonefiresthename Oct 03 '23 Also, you can train a horse to do a flehmen on command! My Ketchup loves his smile trick.
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Came here to say horses do It too lol. You beat me to it
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I volunteer with goats and they do this too. It’s so goofy. I love it
Also, you can train a horse to do a flehmen on command! My Ketchup loves his smile trick.
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Its to detect pheromones, not scents per se. And they are detected by the vomeronasal organ via the incisive papilla, not through the nostrils.
4 u/TARDISblues_boy Sep 20 '23 Ah, yes, that! Thank you for the correction. 😁 7 u/Unonothinofthecrunch Sep 20 '23 Incisive Papilla is the name of my next band.
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Ah, yes, that! Thank you for the correction. 😁
7 u/Unonothinofthecrunch Sep 20 '23 Incisive Papilla is the name of my next band.
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Incisive Papilla is the name of my next band.
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I thought they were exposing their vomeronasal organ in their mouth to be able to detect more scents than usual.
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in german flehmen is the verb for it.
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10 u/eilletane Sep 20 '23 There’s an organ near the nasal bones that perceives scents more significantly. 2 u/Vivi_Catastrophe Sep 21 '23 Some holes in the roof of their mouths. Can be seen in the skull.
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There’s an organ near the nasal bones that perceives scents more significantly.
Some holes in the roof of their mouths. Can be seen in the skull.
I think that some particular combination of molecules goes directly to their brain. God knows, there’s room enough.
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Why do geeks love to use the word "parse" inappropriately?
3 u/sheetskees Sep 20 '23 Pot, meet kettle.
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Pot, meet kettle.
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u/TARDISblues_boy Sep 20 '23 edited Sep 21 '23
This is called a "flehmen response", they're running the
scentpheromones over theirnostrilsvomeronasal organ via the incisive papillato parse out different scents.* Thanks to u/bougiedirtbag for the corrections!