What causes the stinky smell that is so recognizable when you burn your hair?

Question

or similarly, ants with a magnifying glass: )

Answer 1

it's not carbon, it's the breaking of the disulfide bonds in all the protein in your hair... SULFUR = STINKY

Answer 2

Go to howstuffworks.com you will find it there

Answer 3

Several amino acids contain sulfur.  Amnio acids are the building blocks of proteins.  The keratin of hair and the carapace of ants is composed of protein.  When hair is burned or ants are immolated, many odorous volatile compounds are produced, but the most acrid by concentration are SULFUR DIOXIDE and HYDROGEN SULFIDE.

Answer 4

It's not like it's the carbon molecules... ( DUH! )