Meat-eating mammals lack sweet tooth, study finds
Friday, March 23, 2012 - 20:30
in Biology & Nature
Animals that don't eat much sugar may lose the ability to taste it at all, research suggests.For all their sharp teeth, many meat-eating mammals lack a sweet tooth, a genetic analysis of a dozen species has shown.
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