This is just plain neat:
Cats 'control mice' with chemicals in their urine - BBC News
As humans, we tend to understand the world primarily through just one of our many senses, and that's sight. Yet there's this whole world of sensuality out there which we're only dimly aware of, or even completely blind to. The idea of various organisms engaging in subtle, chemical warfare with each other is even more foreign to us. Makes you think, doesn't it? What other invisible wars are being waged between various biological organisms?
Cats 'control mice' with chemicals in their urine - BBC News
Researchers found that when very young mice were exposed to a chemical in cat urine, they were less likely to avoid the scent of cats later in life.
As humans, we tend to understand the world primarily through just one of our many senses, and that's sight. Yet there's this whole world of sensuality out there which we're only dimly aware of, or even completely blind to. The idea of various organisms engaging in subtle, chemical warfare with each other is even more foreign to us. Makes you think, doesn't it? What other invisible wars are being waged between various biological organisms?