Pheromonal Mind Control Mellows Moody Mutts 41
StefanJ writes "Two researchers at the Royal School of Veterinary Studies at the University of Edinburgh have been experimenting with DAP (Dog Appeasing Pheromone) a chemical that calms down dogs.
The study described in this press release subjected dogs in a shelter to the hormone. The homeless animals barked less, and reacted better to visitors.
I've heard that realtors prepping a house for show sometimes put a drip or two of vanilla extract on a kitchen stovetop, in the theory that this particular scent makes people feel at home. A specific Human Appeasing Hormone would really up the ante. You spray it on elementary school kids when the weather is nice, or when a substitute teacher is due. And on jail inmates. And people in malls who are sitting on benches instead of shopping, the damn freeloaders! Oh, Brave New World, that has such psychoactive scents in it!"
Klonopin (Score:2)
Re:Klonopin (Score:2)
hmm (Score:4, Funny)
Only Slashdoters (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Only Slashdoters (Score:1)
Seriously though, pheremone colognes have been out for a long time, but now it seems they actually got them to work decently well. Though my initial reaction was that it would be sweet to just spray a little on and get all the chicks you want, but I do believe dating shouldn't be reduced to chemical warfare. At that point, the geeks will win for a while, bu
The diversity of life will get them. (Score:4, Interesting)
"I couldn't stop shooting. Everyone just smelled like they needed to be dead."
People think erratically enough. Pushing behavior in such a casual way is a dangerous thing.
Re:The diversity of life will get them. (Score:1, Interesting)
Re:The diversity of life will get them. (Score:2)
Re:The diversity of life will get them. (Score:1)
I agree, also, that we should not promote this behaviour. I find it incorrigible that US companies are allowed to develop/research such things as commercial scent vectors, but yet there is still an "American Morality" about such things as chemical warfare
Useful (Score:4, Funny)
Wish I could one day use this on the lady in the next cubicle at work. Boy what a constant distraction her phone talk is !!
Re:Useful (Score:1)
Re:Useful (Score:1, Funny)
"Corporate Accounts Payable, Nina speaking... Just a moment"
"Corporate Accounts Payable, Nina speaking... Just a moment"
The best way to mellow out a dog. (Score:4, Insightful)
from the dog's point of view.
A long walk through the woods.
Followed by a pork chop or steak.
Then a long belly rub.
Old News (Score:2, Funny)
Poindextrose? (Score:4, Funny)
For the cat lovers... (Score:5, Insightful)
Acclimitisation, sensitivity, and resistance... (Score:2)
It is possible that it is "hard wired" enough to be invariant, but given the adaptability of most higher order animals I would highly doubt it.
Q.
I recommend it (Score:2, Interesting)
When we moved to a new apartment three years ago, our cat started peeing (not just spraying) in odd places.
I called the vet, who suggested the spray.
We used it - for about a month - until she stopped peeing and started marking the areas herself (now with her facial scent glands).
Re:I recommend it (Score:2)
Re:I recommend it (Score:4, Interesting)
I tried it with my male cat and it didn't work... Too stubborn I guess.
The way that this stuff works is by converting the urge to mark using spraying (which is not really urine, but an oily substance made by separate glands) into an urge to mark using facial hormones. That's why cats rub their faces on people - to mark their territory.
Seriously though... (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:Seriously though... (Score:2)
(of course, bears can get protective of their offspring but chances for that are pretty fucking slim and would be only worse if you could actually aproach them with them not caring)
Re:Seriously though... (Score:2)
I can't remember which is which. Will have to look that up before the next time I go into bear territory - wherever that may be.
Re:Seriously though... (Score:1)
Be that as it may, people still occasionally find themselves face to face with these animals (which were just pulled out of my ass spur of the moment like...)
Observe:
Montana [bigcats.org]
Arizona [azstarnet.com] Not to mention the occasional bear wandering into the city limits in places like Albuquerque, NM, etc.
Regardless of what they "usually" do, injuries and fatalities do occur on occasion. Besides, if it were available and actually worked in a way to keep a person safe while hiking, etc. people would buy it, look at the
Related forum on the subject (Score:3, Informative)
A few experts on there.
Already on the market (Score:2)
Already Exists (Score:3, Insightful)
It already exists. It's called marijuana [wikipedia.org].
Re:Already Exists (Score:4, Interesting)
Anyone have a list of all the (known?) psychoactive compounds in Marijuana? I'd settle just for a list of the cannibinoids.
Anyway you didn't go into the reason why Marijuana qualifies; Because the stuff that makes you high is the hormones of the female plant.
Re:Already Exists (Score:2)
Psychological state and mood effects of steroidal chemosignals in women and men.
Jacob S, McClintock MK.
Department of Psychology, The University of Chicago, 5730 South Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
We tested the hypothesis that isolated steroids, claimed to act like pheromones, affect human psychological state or mood. In the first
Personal Experience (Score:1)
Well, I had a dog once (we had to put him down), and he had a severe case of separation anxiety. We tried DAP, and it...didn't work.
The DAP seemed to help, but only while we were home.
So much for that idea.
Vanilla 'works' - it's no a theory (Score:1)
'course, the CIA dn KGB have been doing research on such for years. It was part of the CIA's experiments with LSD. There's a fair bit of things that can affect you with crossing your perception threshold....
-shpoffo
Bad Idea (Score:1)
Do we REALLY need to spray Pheromones on jail inmates??? I've heard what happens in prison.