Article 5XNSC Lions Got Super Mellow After Sniffing Oxytocin

Lions Got Super Mellow After Sniffing Oxytocin

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Isaac Schultz
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Scientists in South Africa recently lured captive lions up to a fence with raw meat and then puffed the hormone oxytocin into their noses. The unusual experiment aimed to find out if the so-called love hormone could make the big cats friendlier to each other-and that's exactly what happened.

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