'If You Go Down To The Woods Today',
in a slightly different take on that, 'If You Go Into The African Plains Today', be careful, very careful what perfume or after shave you are wearing! why? I hear you ask, well it is all down to civetone,
a natural perfume ingredient that comes from the animal civet (a small
nocturnal animal) that labs can manufacture now, according to the Bronx Zoo’s
testing, it is a favorite with some cats, what brought it to my attention was a zoo in Norfolk England will be
very glad to take any unwanted perfume or aftershave off of your hands, Banham Zoo has announced that it is
soliciting fragrance donations. This is because the ocelots, jaguars, and
cheetahs are enamoured with the intoxicating scents of perfumes, and they are
running out of their supply. Do not worry about the very large cats, they will not like your
perfume, well there's a relief! as they are apparently open to different fragrances, as Time detailed:
The draw of a good perfume for both domestic
cats but also wild cats is
well-documented in various research projects. It can be positively enchanting
for the big cats.
“The keepers at Banham have noticed
their stocks of old perfumes are running low and are hoping that visitors to
the zoo might also want to drop off any old or unwanted scents when they
visit,” as the announcement puts it, “Our big cats definitely react
positively when scents are used as part of their enrichment program. For some
reason Calvin Klein perfume is a huge hit with all big cats but in all honesty,
any perfumes work well and we do like to offer them a variety of different
smells,” animal manager Mike Woolham said in the announcement, image via
wikimedia commons, well thank goodness I do not use Calvin
Klein, hopefully Sandalwood from Taylor of Old Bond Street will
not be to their liking, if not I have a fast run on my hands if we go
to Africa!
as an aside if you have not heard, If You Go Down To The Woods Today, above is the Harry Hall and his Orchestra 1932 version, and yes I do remember this as my grandfather had it on an original 78 rpm record!
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