-9 Things that smell bad are usually a sign that it's not good for us so to most animals, humans must really stink. amirite?

by Anonymous 2 hours ago

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 2 hours ago

No wonder I love the smell of sandwiches!

by Anonymous 1 hour ago

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

by Anonymous 1 hour 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 1 hour ago

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

by Anonymous 50 minutes ago

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

by robelcedrick 27 minutes 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 10 minutes 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 34 seconds ago