RE: KV history/psychology - St. Jon has been reading minds again. ....

I can see it now... Each human infantryman is required to carry Aroma
Therapy Candles or KV calming air freshener or KV calming cologne.

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Brian Bell
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> >On Thu, 9 Mar 2000, Jeff Miller wrote:
> >
> 
> >yet another possibillity is that pheromones are involved, but they
are
> >inhibitory, rather than stimulatory: KV produce signals which tell
the
> >others to calm down. when they enter frenzy, they stop producing the
> >pheromone. this gives just the same dynamics as the
> stimulatory-pheromones
> >setup, with a few twists. sealed suits would lead to *more* frenzy
> >(berzerker PA!), due to the isolation of the individual from the
flock's
> >pheromones. tightly-packed KV would be less likely to frenzy
(increased
> >pheromone concentration), spread-out ones more (vice versa). if KV
are
> >moving fast, they are not letting the pheromone build up around them,
and
> >so they frenzy.
>