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A quick search suggests that's not true. >Our feline friends carry broken versions of the genes that build sugar detectors on the tongue. As such, they’re comp
by indecisive_user 7y ago
A quick search suggests that's not true.
>Our feline friends carry broken versions of the genes that build sugar detectors on the tongue. As such, they’re completely oblivious to the taste of sweet things.
So are Asian otters. And spotted hyenas. Sea lions and dolphins too.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/phenomena/2012/03/13/sugar-sweet-taste-cats-dolphins-carnivores-genes/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/phenomena/2012/03...
- JohnJamesRambo 7y agoGuess we are getting some https://www.epsilontheory.com/gell-mann-amnesia/ https://www.epsilontheory.com/gell-mann-amnesia/ in one of the articles. I suspect you are right.