Things that smell bad are usually a sign that it's not good for us so to most animals, humans must really stink. amirite?

Human smells to human is a mating thing. Not necessarily pheromones but more if our immune system is up to snuff. Apparently people who smell good to you have compatible immune systems and are therefore good for baby making

by Sad_Anything_118 7 months ago

No wonder I love the smell of sandwiches!

by Anonymous 7 months ago

If everything is explained by the need to make babies, then why am I attracted to men?

by Anonymous 7 months ago

I'm pretty sure that in nature the idea of "a hole is a hole" applies more than we care to admit. It's the romance aspect I think Jeeves people out lol

by Any_Foundation 7 months ago

No wonder I'm gay! Wait, what? Guess I gotta keep trying.

by Anonymous 7 months ago

My dog loves to find the rankest smell and roll in it.

by robelcedrick 7 months ago

Whenever I bathe my older dog I always feel like she's saying "It took me so long to collect all those stinks!"

by Corkerytheo 7 months ago

There are only a few smells that we instinctively associate with bad/danger (e.g. rancid oils/fats, decaying flesh and doubly so if it is human flesh decaying) but most other smells are associations with emotions rather than being a sign of whether something is good or bad for us. For example, someone whose dad always wore a particular deodorant/aftershave would have a good or bad association for that smell based on how their dad treated them. For animals it is the same thing. Some smells are instinctively associated with bad things (e.g. the smell of predator urine), some smells are instinctively associated with good things (e.g. the smell of their main food source) and some smells are made good or bad by association (e.g. your puppy associating your smell with happiness). How unknown smells are treated has more to do with where the animal sits in the food chain, e.g. for prey animals a unknown smell is something to be wary of, for predators a unknown smell is something to be curious about (i.e. whether the smell means food or not) and for humans, well, we often just ignore unknown smells unless they are strong enough to be noticeable.

by Anonymous 7 months ago

I heard asians think westerners reek of rancid milk and sourdough. My SO told me i smelled like garlic for three days after some really nice chinese buffet So it seems we really are what we eat

by Business-Ferret3919 7 months ago

Same way a lot of Americans say that Indian people smell from the curry etc.

by Anonymous 7 months ago

Have you ever been to a farm? Most animals stink.

by Anonymous 7 months ago

But do the animals think they stink or we stink more?

by Anonymous 7 months ago

My cat cleans herself with her nasty fish pussy breath, yet her fur smells like clean laundry flying in a summer breeze.

by Anonymous 7 months ago

Maybe you should get your pussy checked...

by Old-Personality363 7 months ago

Heard in a documentary 20 years ago that we taste like vomit to sharks. How would we know? Lol.

by thoppe 7 months ago

My mom used to cut my hair growing up and she would save all the clippings for her garden. Apparently deer hate the smell of human hair and will stay away

by Anonymous 7 months ago

that's hilarious

by Anonymous 7 months ago

I had meat but my dog still loves me

by Specialist-Wish8852 7 months ago

Meat eating humans give off a scent that animals smell.

by leuschkereina 7 months ago

All humans give off a scent that animals smell. Diet plays a role in the specific intricacies of that odor. Being vegetarian or vegan does not magically make you odorless any more than being colour blind, left handed, or blond would.

by Anonymous 7 months ago

I think it's more that we're sorrounded by bright clinky mechanichal things, usually in numbers, can keep eye contact and are quite tall to most animals.

by Anonymous 7 months ago

And we can be horribly noisy creatures with body language that screams "I own this place".

by Anonymous 7 months ago

Coyotes and wolves won't eat a dead human body. That's how toxic we are.

by Anonymous 7 months ago

Well the bears in Denali, and the Tetons, and Glacier NP, didn't get that message when I worked there.

by Anonymous 7 months ago

Converse Fallacy

by Volkmancristoba 7 months ago

why don't you volunteer to remove your stench for good and do the animals a solid

by Anonymous 7 months ago