Big Cats Eat Watermelons!?
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How do Lions, Tigers, Leopards and Cougars like to eat watermelons? Watch this video to find out! Every summer we hand out watermelons to the cats that live at Big Cat Rescue as enrichment, they love to play with them and also some of the cats actually like to eat the watermelons!
This is grrr-eat entertainment for both the cats and our volunteers and of course it's perfectly safe for the cats to enjoy their summer treats!
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This is grrr-eat entertainment for both the cats and our volunteers and of course it's perfectly safe for the cats to enjoy their summer treats!
WEBSITE: http://www.bigcatrescue.org
FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/bigcatrescue
GOOGLE+: https://plus.google.com/115333849859181638977/posts
TWITTER: http://twitter.com/BigCatRescue
DONATE: http://www.bigcatrescue.org/donate.htm
BIG CAT SHOP: http://www.bigcatrescue.biz/servlet/StoreFront
THANK YOU!
Special thanks to http://incompetech.com for the music track used in this video :)
Aug 11, 2012 4:04 PM
Re: Big Cats Eat Watermelons!?
Cats lack one of the genes to produce "sweet" taste receptors on the tongue. They simply don't need the receptors in nature since they rely on a diet of meat. So the watermelons should taste a lot different to them than they do to us. I imagine they enjoy the melons for their water content and perhaps the texture.
