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This video originally posted to TikTok June 2021.
Hosted by: Hank Green (he/him)
Attabey RodrÃguez BenÃtez: Writer
Kyle Nackers: Fact Checker
Savannah Geary: Editor Producer
Nicole Sweeney: Executive Producer
Hank Green: Executive Producer
Sources:
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https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/creauk/cur/introduction
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https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00114-007-0294-3
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/314445696_Odorant_biosynthesis_is_linked_to_fatty_acid_metabolism_in_Crested_Auklets_Aethia_cristatella
https://academic.oup.com/beheco/article/29/3/736/4958985?login=false
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/B:JOEC.0000045586.59468.de
https://academic.oup.com/jme/article/42/4/647/912048?login=false
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/235521283_Colonial_seabird's_paralytic_perfume_slows_lice_down_An_opportunity_for_parasite-mediated_selection
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Image Sources:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Crested_auklet_pair_(5944746087).jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aethia_cristatella.jpg
Hosted by: Hank Green (he/him)
Attabey RodrÃguez BenÃtez: Writer
Kyle Nackers: Fact Checker
Savannah Geary: Editor Producer
Nicole Sweeney: Executive Producer
Hank Green: Executive Producer
Sources:
https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/crested-auklet
https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/creauk/cur/introduction
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S1062359010080066
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00114-007-0294-3
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/314445696_Odorant_biosynthesis_is_linked_to_fatty_acid_metabolism_in_Crested_Auklets_Aethia_cristatella
https://academic.oup.com/beheco/article/29/3/736/4958985?login=false
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/B:JOEC.0000045586.59468.de
https://academic.oup.com/jme/article/42/4/647/912048?login=false
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/235521283_Colonial_seabird's_paralytic_perfume_slows_lice_down_An_opportunity_for_parasite-mediated_selection
http://www.bioacoustica.org/publ/papers/307_Zubakin_et_al_2010_ZJ_eng.pdf
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/301265222_Dominance_Hierarchy_in_Indian_Blackbuck_Antelope_cervicapra_L_Sources_Behavior_and_Role_of_Pheromone_Signals#page=291
Image Sources:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Crested_auklet_pair_(5944746087).jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aethia_cristatella.jpg
Hank: So, there are birds that smell like tangerines. These lil' ones are called the crested auklet, which kind of looks like a cross between a penguin and a quail, and the smell comes from a special patch on their backs that secrete chemicals that smell like tangerines.
There are a couple hypotheses as to why, evolutionarily speaking, these little birds smell like this. One is that the chemicals in the scent can repel parasites like lice, so basically like bug spray. Another one is that females just like the scent; they bury their beaks on their necks where the scent is really strong in a move called a "ruff sniff."
Either way - bug pray or attracting partners - seems like a great excuse to smell amazing! Tangerine bird! I want one.
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There are a couple hypotheses as to why, evolutionarily speaking, these little birds smell like this. One is that the chemicals in the scent can repel parasites like lice, so basically like bug spray. Another one is that females just like the scent; they bury their beaks on their necks where the scent is really strong in a move called a "ruff sniff."
Either way - bug pray or attracting partners - seems like a great excuse to smell amazing! Tangerine bird! I want one.
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