Fishy Links
This is another entry in the "questionable links" category (for when the times comes that there is such a category here).
My news feeds took me to a story, "Love At First … Smell", a diverting story, summarized well by the first paragraph:
Why do some males smell better than others? Scientists at Cardiff University, in collaboration with colleagues at Max-Plank Society, Germany – and the help of stickleback fish – have identified the chemical responsible.
I've been interested in the idea of smell's contribution to sexual attraction for some time, occasionally wondering (without much profit) what role differing odor attractions play in homosexual vs. heterosexual orientations, etc. But, as I sometimes say, this isn't about that.
No, it's about the keyword-matching links and how, once again, they've come up with unexpected and remarkable pairings.
For this story, at least when I loaded the page, there were two. First, in the sidebar of "Related News Stories", we find
Wasabi! Sushi Condiment May Prevent Cavities
It took me several moments of pondering what this story could possibly have to do with the stickleback research, until I realized that they both mentioned fish, although neither one was really about fish.
Then, speaking of fish, further down the page "Ads by Goooooogle", in addition to its own "Fresh Sushi and Sashimi" offering, suggested a linkto a site that apparently tackles the delicate problem of
Fishy Vaginal Odor?
I have no further comment at this time, thank you.