Sprintails compared to a penny.
Springtails on a human's fingers.
Posted on 04/07/2020 8:30:02 AM PDT by rightwingcrazy
Ping to one of my favorite smells.
“The springtails eat the Streptomyces, so the geosmin is attracting them to a valuable food source. And, the springtails distribute the spores, both stuck on their bodies and in their faeces, which are full of viable spores, so the Streptomyces get dispersed. This is analogous to birds eating the fruits of plants. They get food but they also distribute the seeds, which benefits the plants.”
Well, duh!
I think I preferred not knowing.
On a tangential note - I’ve always felt the air in our area smells so clean after a snowfall.
Someone told me its because the snowflake crystals, in typical crystal behavior, form around particles, and therefore, the snow are forming around dust/dirt/pollutants in the air, and pulling them down to the ground.
True or false?
Nothing better than the smell of sage after a rainstorm in the desert.
“True or false?”
Seems plausible, at least.
Neat little story.
And now I know what scientists were doing while the rest of the world was hoarding toilet paper.
Sprintails compared to a penny.
Springtails on a human's fingers.
Yeah, that’s it. That’s the only reason.
That was my next question. Now we need a study as to why this smell is so pleasing to humans!
How does the smell compare after rain out in the middle of the ocean versus on land?
We are very ignorant of *many* of the mysteries of life.
For example, we now know that
1) The deep ground and rock structure of the earth is FILLED with microbes (they don’t require oxygen) that EAT rock, and other elements. There is probably more living organisms inside the earth than on it.
2) There is more water INSIDE the deep earth than in all the oceans, combined. This was discovered in the last 10 years. In fact, the prevailing theory now is that the oceans were formed from the water that had been inside the earth previously.
I wish I had the grant money to discover the answer to that question.
Its the bladder odor of a deceased dinosaur.
All water is recycled.
Blame Trilobites!
We all have our own truths. ;<)
Thanks rightwingcrazy. I think I graduated with Art, and the Thropod siblings were about a year apart.
I love that smell, too. Now that it’s identified, wouldn’t it be great to make an air freshener with that scent?
Many people claim this smell is ozone from lightning in the atmosphere. I’ve heard this repeated as fact many times over the years.
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