You can smell them feet away if it’s a pile of dead ones
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LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 6 months ago
I can for sure smell them but only close up, not from feet away so I’m not sure what that means for me in terms of this gene. They have a very odd musty smell which is also detectable on anything they’ve walked on recently. It’s not a very pleasant odor.
Lumisal@lemmy.world 6 months ago
inefficient_electron@lemmy.world 6 months ago
You’re probably smelling the pheromone trails they use for navigation/communication.