muhyb@programming.dev to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 5 days agoI wonder who discovered iti.ibb.coimagemessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1357arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1353arrow-down1imageI wonder who discovered iti.ibb.comuhyb@programming.dev to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square17fedilinkfile-text
What’s more interesting is, beaver castor sacs also used as a strawberry and vanilla flavour substitute, approved by FDA.
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·5 days agoI hear the beaver glands taste like vanilla, but I can’t be sure that’s not just a prank people pull to get unsuspecting victims to lick beaver ass.
minus-squareI_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoVanillin, the modern artificial vanilla flavor, is made from lignin, one of the main components of bark. Beavers eat a lot of bark, and thus process a lot of lignin. Apparently the lignin accumulates in their anal scent glands. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castoreum
minus-squareDasFaultier@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-24 days ago prank people pull Maybe it’s a “prank” beavers pull. EDIT: Formatting
I hear the beaver glands taste like vanilla, but I can’t be sure that’s not just a prank people pull to get unsuspecting victims to lick beaver ass.
Vanillin, the modern artificial vanilla flavor, is made from lignin, one of the main components of bark. Beavers eat a lot of bark, and thus process a lot of lignin. Apparently the lignin accumulates in their anal scent glands.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castoreum
Maybe it’s a “prank” beavers pull.
EDIT: Formatting