this post was submitted on 16 Apr 2025
112 points (91.2% liked)

Science Memes

14302 readers
2786 users here now

Welcome to c/science_memes @ Mander.xyz!

A place for majestic STEMLORD peacocking, as well as memes about the realities of working in a lab.



Rules

  1. Don't throw mud. Behave like an intellectual and remember the human.
  2. Keep it rooted (on topic).
  3. No spam.
  4. Infographics welcome, get schooled.

This is a science community. We use the Dawkins definition of meme.



Research Committee

Other Mander Communities

Science and Research

Biology and Life Sciences

Physical Sciences

Humanities and Social Sciences

Practical and Applied Sciences

Memes

Miscellaneous

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

There are multiple articles stating that Obsession perfume by Calvin Klein is a strong attractant for big cats (jaguars, leopards, tigers, et al) in Costa Rica, Guatemala, India and the Brooklyn Zoo.

https://www.google.com/gasearch?q=costa+rica+animals+deterred+by+obsession+calvin+klein

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] lewdian69@lemmy.world 16 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Big cats aren't herbivores...

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz -5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The perfume thing is a reference to big cats, a la the link.

[–] lewdian69@lemmy.world 16 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The link is a Google search who's first summarized result is someone pointing out the same thing.

The big cats are attracted to the perfume not stopped by it. Maybe the meme could mean the cologne could be stopping the carnivores from entering the field and sending them somewhere else?

This is a bad meme.

[–] MBM 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

You noticed two weird things, maybe it's because they cancel out? Herbivores want to go to the beautiful Costa Rican field but they're full of big cats.

[–] lewdian69@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

So the field is wearing cologne? (I had the same thought but the meme does NOT make that clear. Actually the meme itself doesn't mention big cats at all.)