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Here's my Desert Trail Cam video journal for May '26. There's a mountain lion doing the Flehmen Response, as well as lots of coyotes, bobcats, and other usual suspects

The Flehmen Response is when cats or sheep or some other animals use an organ in the mouths called the Jacobson organ to "smell" some odors, like hormones in each others' urine. Interestingly, most mammals don't have that organ, but snakes do.

As always, I appreciate folks who enjoy these video journals, as I think they're really fun to make.

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u/Ike_Snopes — 4 days ago
▲ 66 r/trailcam

Mountain lion reacts to javelina urine

A large squad of javelina (collared peccaries) hang out in this clearing, so the mountain lion is a common visitor. This open-mouth behavior is because, like housecats, mountain lions have a Jacobson's organ, an extra olfactory sense organ located in their mouths that helps them process scents.

u/Ike_Snopes — 8 days ago
▲ 34 r/Tucson

Thanks so much to everyone who watches my videos. Now that I have more cams, I've decided to split them up and see if it's more enjoyable to watch. I am creating another video for the little critters that live under and around my shed. This one still has tremendous species diversity, though. Maybe one of the most diverse months.

u/Ike_Snopes — 1 month ago