daily Nature News with me, Ross one. You might have seen a number of viral videos showing cats being startled by cucumbers. I don't think they're frightened of the cucumber themselves, but by the sudden appearance of an object that might be a snake. But have you heard about mice being frightened by bananas? It's a real thing, but only for male mice. Researchers from university in Canada have been looking into chemical signaling within mouse populations, although we think that is, making squeaky noises might have a very rich language of smell is what's called olfactory signaling pregnant and lactating females producer, which ward males to keep your distance or they will be attacked. After analyzing these compounds, the scientists isolated one in particular. It's called N a chemical, which also happens to be responsible for the unique smell of bananas. Upon learning this, one of the research is Lucas Lima popped down to the local supermarket for a bottle of banana oil. They found it induced exactly the same stress response and males, as did the smell of a mother protecting her. Babies Sciences Sciences previously recorded male or female factories signaling and mice, but very few instances like this of female to mail. I won't be back with the news tomorrow as that's the end of my contract. It has been a real pleasure talking to these last few months. My name is Ron. Goodbye.

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