Smelling danger in the water: Schreckstoff mystery solved after 86 years
https://phys.org/news/2024-03-danger-schreckstoff-mystery-years.html #psychology fish #fear #smell #alarm #schreckstoff #OlfactoryBulb #superorder #species
https://phys.org/news/2024-03-danger-schreckstoff-mystery-years.html #psychology fish #fear #smell #alarm #schreckstoff #OlfactoryBulb #superorder #species
Smelling danger in the water: Schreckstoff mystery solved after 86 years
Researchers led by Yoshihiro Yoshihara at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science in Japan have solved a fishy mystery dating back to 1938: What is the schreckstoff—or alarm substance—that fish smell when their shoal-mates are injured?
