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Cat owners may claim that their pets love ice cream and doughnuts, but it’s the fat they enjoy. The taste receptor for sweet is encoded in two genes. In cats, a chance mutation appears to have broken one of these genes. That’s why tigers, lions, and your kitty will never have a sweet tooth.

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