toasthaste said: now wait, do they not perceive sweetness in anything, or is it just sugar? do other things taste sweet to them???
Apparently:
Domestic cats (Felis silvestris catus) (herein referred to as “cats”) are neither attracted to, nor show avoidance of the taste of sweet carbohydrates and high-intensity sweeteners, yet they do show a preference for selected amino acids, and avoid stimuli that taste either bitter or very sour to humans.
Again there’s an awkward circularity in referring to “sweet carbohydrates”, which really means “carbohydrates that humans describe as sweet”, plus of course we have no idea what the internal experience of cats chowing down on those juicy amino acids is like; does steak to them taste like steak to us, or like chocolate??
See also: comparing your experience of the color red with someone else’s.
Roses are red
Light’s measured in Lumens
Sugar is sweet
But only for humansroses aren’t red
senses can’t be trusted
reality is fake
it’s socially constructedRoses are red
Don’t be belligerent
Our experience of the universe
Is fundamentally different.Roses are red
Violets are red
Everything is red
I’m a dog.
(via endreal)
