Scent strikes first. A cat's urine, fur, saliva, and scent marks can carry predator-derived chemical signals that rodents read before claws enter the picture, turning an empty corridor into a risk zone. No chase is needed. For a mouse, odor is advance warning, not atmosphere.This is sensory cybersecurity. Through olfactory receptors and the vomeronasal organ, rodents sample kairomones, cues emitte...More