If you’re wanting to get the attention of a cougar, you’d better splash on a little cologne. No, not those cougars… well, okay, THOSE cougars too, but I’m referring specifically to cougars as in wild animal cougars. For some reason, pumas, jaguars, and other big jungle cats can’t resist the smell of Calvin Klein Obsession For Men, and splashing a little of that around is the best way to draw the normally-shy cats out of hiding and into range of surveillance cameras for unobtrusive population tracking and cool wildlife photos like the one above.
The technique was discovered by Pat Thomas at the Bronx Zoo. After testing various types of cologne, he determined that big cats were mad for Calvin Klein’s signature scent. Something about it just attracted cats like catnip, no matter how shy they might be. Most importantly, the cats also hung around for quite awhile to investigate this intriguing new smell. Must be why Detroit has banned scents on city employees; too many wild animal maulings.
“Jaguars are highly elusive creatures and for years WCS researchers struggled to develop more effective methods for estimating how many jaguars were in the forest, hidden amongst the ancient Maya temples,” said Roan McNab, the WCS’s head man in Guatemala. “Now, due to the fact that jaguars love Obsession for Men, WCS field conservationists are getting more precise estimates of jaguar populations.”
Man, who knew that jungle critters were so trendy?
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