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Cats cannot properly taste sweetness. A sweet receptor normally works as a pair of proteins, but in cats the TAS1R2 gene is a broken pseudogene, so they cannot make a functional sweet-taste receptor.
  • Cat
  • Sweetness
  • Taste
  • Gene
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Members of the cat family cannot hold water in their mouths because their cheeks are not fully sealed. Instead, they dip their barb-covered tongues into water, creating a momentary water column, then snap their jaws shut to bite off the column.
  • Cat
  • Water
  • Animal
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The Chinese zodiac animals vary by country. What is a dragon in Korea is a seagull in India, a whale in Iran, and a snail in Central Asia. In Vietnam, the "rabbit" position is held by a cat.
  • Chinese zodiac
  • Dragon
  • Cat
  • Culture
  • Snail
  • Seagull
  • Whale
  • Rabbit
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