I spent some time last winter in the mangrove swamps of Chiapas. I was mostly there to help with bird monitoring, but I also did crocodile and mammal surveys. When setting out camera traps for jaguars, we sprayed each one with... something... to bait the trap. When I asked what the trap was baited with, I was told in a thick Mexican accent ¨Calvin Klien´s Obsession.¨ After having this repeated to me several times, I verified that, yes, Calvin Klien cologne was part of our field supplies. Apparently, and probably not by accident, Obsession closely mimics jaguar pheremone.
Let this be a warning to those of you who want to wear cologne in the jungle.
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