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Sugar gliders are some pretty crazy critters but it’s their use of smelly odors that should really get you excited!
Schultze-Westrum, T. G. (1969). Social communication by chemical signals in flying phalangers (Petaurus breviceps papuanus). Olfaction and taste, 3, 268-277.
Articles of Human Smell:
1. Mitro, S., Gordon, A. R., Olsson, M. J., & Lundström, J. N. (2012). The smell of age: perception and discrimination of body odors of different ages. PloS one
2. Olsson, M. J., Lundström, J. N., Kimball, B. A., Gordon, A. R., Karshikoff, B., Hosseini, N., ... & Lekander, M. (2014). The Scent of Disease Human Body Odor Contains an Early Chemosensory Cue of Sickness. Psychological science
3. de Groot, J. H., Smeets, M. A., Kaldewaij, A., Duijndam, M. J., & Semin, G. R. (2012). Chemosignals communicate human emotions. Psychological science
Media:
1.Sugar Glider Eating Footage: walkingshark
2.Sugar Glider Flying: sugargliderblog.com
3.Sugar Glider in Blanket: mliu92
4.Sugar Glider Tail up: C-Serpents
5.Lynx Footage: Shannon M. Crowley
6.Sugar Glider in Tree: David Cook
7.Texting Footage: Pocketnow
8.Sugar Glider Down Tree: vmuseum/brian arbogast
9.Sugar Glider White BG: GarrettTT
10.Smelling Flowers: Martin Cathrae
11.Happy Elderly: Tauno Tohk
12.Fireman & Police Officer: Thomas Hawk
13.Doctor/Stethoscope: Alex Proimos
Sugar gliders are some pretty crazy critters but it’s their use of smelly odors that should really get you excited!
Schultze-Westrum, T. G. (1969). Social communication by chemical signals in flying phalangers (Petaurus breviceps papuanus). Olfaction and taste, 3, 268-277.
Articles of Human Smell:
1. Mitro, S., Gordon, A. R., Olsson, M. J., & Lundström, J. N. (2012). The smell of age: perception and discrimination of body odors of different ages. PloS one
2. Olsson, M. J., Lundström, J. N., Kimball, B. A., Gordon, A. R., Karshikoff, B., Hosseini, N., ... & Lekander, M. (2014). The Scent of Disease Human Body Odor Contains an Early Chemosensory Cue of Sickness. Psychological science
3. de Groot, J. H., Smeets, M. A., Kaldewaij, A., Duijndam, M. J., & Semin, G. R. (2012). Chemosignals communicate human emotions. Psychological science
Media:
1.Sugar Glider Eating Footage: walkingshark
2.Sugar Glider Flying: sugargliderblog.com
3.Sugar Glider in Blanket: mliu92
4.Sugar Glider Tail up: C-Serpents
5.Lynx Footage: Shannon M. Crowley
6.Sugar Glider in Tree: David Cook
7.Texting Footage: Pocketnow
8.Sugar Glider Down Tree: vmuseum/brian arbogast
9.Sugar Glider White BG: GarrettTT
10.Smelling Flowers: Martin Cathrae
11.Happy Elderly: Tauno Tohk
12.Fireman & Police Officer: Thomas Hawk
13.Doctor/Stethoscope: Alex Proimos
