Petrichor

To:	Stephen Ambrose <>
Subject:	Petrichor
From:	Carl Clifford <>
Date:	Thu, 2 Apr 2015 13:52:20 +1100

I would not be surprised. According to the article about petrichor on the 
CSIRO's web site, mammals seem to smell it.

I have always found the smell of petrichor somewhat exciting. Perhaps it is 
hard wired into us. They could have coined a more romantic name, though. The 
ichor part reminds me of horror movies.

Carl Clifford

> On 2 Apr 2015, at 11:25 am, Stephen Ambrose <> wrote:
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> I wonder if this is one of the cues birds use to direct them to
> high-rainfall areas, particularly in the arid zone?
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> https://theconversation.com/the-smell-of-rain-how-csiro-invented-a-new-word-
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