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… many others used to collect exotic animals in their private menageries whose functions were not primarily scientific and educational but rather of pleasurable interaction for, sometimes, both humans and animals. The close bodily engagement … summarises, ‘the sense of smell had its glory days when animality still predominated over “culture”, rationality and education’. 12 Another malodorous exotic good was the bear grease combed as a wax and used to fix powder to wigs, …
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