meganL, 15 days ago

@ai6yr I tried following that to an actual paper and encountered several 404s, but this seems to have more detail despite being an old blog entry.

It's the presence of civetone that attracts (some) big cats.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/running-ponies/big-cats-and-cologne-e2809cthey-roll-and-cheek-rub-and-just-look-to-be-in-heavene2809d/