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Lots of people drink fresh OJ as part of breakfast.
.. Which I would expect people to eat before brushing, not after.
I don't really get it since my mouth tastes like mint for 30 minutes after brushing, which makes food taste gross.
I found this out when asking myself the question "are animals fooled by artificial sweeteners". The rabbit hole that that led into is not only do we not know the answer to that question, many animals don't even taste "sweetness" (or if they taste it they don't like it or don't prefer it). Not even all primates, if I recall correctly. And we've seen drift -- apparently we used to be able to bait cockroaches with sweet…
I wonder if the cockroach thing is evolution/selection in action... The cockroaches that preferred sweet all fell for the bait got killed. I believe high protein diets cause roaches to make, so those that weren't drawn to sweets lived and were more likely to reproduce. Maybe it's not that they adapted or their tastes changed, just that certain ones survived with given traits.
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I have a cat who loves to lick crinkly plastic wrappers and bags. I use shopping bags for my bedroom trash can and I'll wake up to him just sitting there licking the folded over edge for upwards of 10 minutes. Two theories I've heard are that beef tallow is sometimes used in the manufacture of such bags so they might be smelling that. Or it could be as simple as they enjoy the sensation and/or sound of licking the ba…
Huh, one of our cats does the same. We don't want her to choke on plastic, so we no longer leave any plastic bags out in the open. She also tries to lick olive oil and butter, so the beef tallow theory would follow the same pattern of looking for fat.
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.. Which I would expect people to eat before brushing, not after.
My wife hates her unfresh breath so much that she won't eat before brushing. I don't really get it since my mouth tastes like mint for 30 minutes after brushing, which makes food taste gross.
That's the best time to brush. Otherwise, all the bacteria and the like in your mouth have all night to fester.
Some of the stuff I've seen our cat eating, it's both obvious and a blessing that he doesn't have much of a sense of taste. Goes nuts for the plastic wrappers you get around Pepsi cans and won't stop licking them. Little weirdo.
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I realize that raisins are not safe for cats and did not feed them to my cat deliberately. That said, I had a cat that was absolutely obsessed with eating raisins to the point where we simply couldn’t have them around. To this day I cannot understand what was going on if sweetness was not a factor. Same cat ate the tops off an entire box of glazed donuts once as well while we were out.
Mine gained the nickname "Cupcake" (alongside his variety of other nicknames) when he licked the frosting off a cinnamon-spice cupcake that was out on the counter for a party we were hosting once. He also licked the powdered sugar off half a box of linzer cookies another time. The frosting, I can definitely see being for the fat...the powdered sugar, I'm baffled by.
His most glorious moment (in his own head, as I imagine it) involved leaping from a loft bed onto a coffee table, grabbing an empty cupcake wrapper (still covered in cupcake crumbs) and swallowing it whole before anyone recovered enough from their shock to stop him. He just sat there afterwards licking his lips with the most satisfied kitty look on his kitty face.
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Doesn't stop my cat from eating my plants.
And then puking them up!
https://www.hillspet.com.au/cat-care/behavior-appearance/why...
I found this out when asking myself the question "are animals fooled by artificial sweeteners". The rabbit hole that that led into is not only do we not know the answer to that question, many animals don't even taste "sweetness" (or if they taste it they don't like it or don't prefer it). Not even all primates, if I recall correctly. And we've seen drift -- apparently we used to be able to bait cockroaches with sweet…
The article said cats are the only mammals that can't taste sweet.
I found this out when asking myself the question "are animals fooled by artificial sweeteners". The rabbit hole that that led into is not only do we not know the answer to that question, many animals don't even taste "sweetness" (or if they taste it they don't like it or don't prefer it). Not even all primates, if I recall correctly. And we've seen drift -- apparently we used to be able to bait cockroaches with sweet…
Whoa. Smell was more important than sight for brain evolution? Is there somewhere I can read more about this?
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My wife hates her unfresh breath so much that she won't eat before brushing. I don't really get it since my mouth tastes like mint for 30 minutes after brushing, which makes food taste gross.
Does she not brush at night before bed? That's the best time to brush. Otherwise, all the bacteria and the like in your mouth have all night to fester.
I also brush after breakfast, but this is kinda of common knowledge so I'm surprised you don't seem to know it.