You’re welcome - I’m always happy to advance the cause of Science. > On 12 Aug 2020, at 13:33, Henk Terhell <hterh...@chello.nl> wrote: > > Thanks Bob. > That description on behaviour will be a valuable addition to the page for > cormorants on Wikipedia! > > Henk > > Op 2020-08-12 om 13:52 schreef Bob Pdml: >>>> On 12 Aug 2020, at 12:37, Henk Terhell <hterh...@chello.nl> wrote: >>> >>> Walking to the pool nearby some days ago I saw this bird when it was only >>> a few meters away from me. >>> It looked at my camera outfit (Pentax K-1) and paid no further attention to >>> me while I took some shots. >>> There must be some explanation for its quiet behaviour. >>> https://flic.kr/p/2jtuZrR >>> >>> >> Beautiful plumage! >> >> Cormorants can spell (in the Roman alphabet only) using their highly >> sensitive sense of smell. >> >> Evolutionary biologists think this strange capability has arisen through >> sexual selection, but that’s just their way of saying “fucked if I know”. >> >> When the colossally enlarged olfactory gland of a mature cormorant detects >> certain combinations of letters - they don’t have to be actual words in a >> known language, that would be preposterous - it triggers a release of >> endorphins that flood the brain with feelings of bonhomie towards the >> nearest living creature. This can go wrong sometimes and lead to unwanted >> attention of a sexual nature, but mostly it works ok. >> >> Anyway, the letter sequence ‘Pentax’ (Not case-sensitive, surprisingly) is >> one such endorphin trigger, but for God’s sake don’t your back on the >> creature. >> >> >> >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions.
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