Honey smells like teen elephant

Young male elephants produce sweet secretions before starting to stink.

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Rasmussen, L. E. L., Riddle, H. S & Krishnamurthy, V. Mellifluous matures to malodorous in musth. Nature 415, 975 - 976 (2002).
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John Whitfield
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Whitfield, J. Honey smells like teen elephant. Nature (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/news020225-8