QUIRKY WORLD... Lionesses latest to be smitten by Old Spice aroma

ENGLAND: When David Yarrow was sent to the heart of Africa to photograph lions in the wild, he spiced up the job with the help of some aftershave.

The self-taught photographer covered his camera casing in Old Spice stick aftershave to attract the animals to his remote cameras to take his pictures.

His guide told him that lions were attracted by the smell — because the local Masai, and colonialists, had worn it for years. “It worked, and the lioness came straight towards the camera against a clean backdrop,” Yarrow said.