• ickplantOPM
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    5 hours ago

    They are basically invisible clouds of scents being carried by wind. So a bat might smell fruit or other bats from far away and follow the plume.

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      2 hours ago

      This is very cool. I never thought that odors had a shape but since, I can walk away from a bad one, it means it has a volume even if I can’t perceive its limits.