Red pandas reveal an unexpected artificial sweet tooth

Wednesday, April 15, 2009 - 12:00 in Biology & Nature

Researchers from the Monell Centre report that the red panda is the first non-primate mammal to display a liking for the artificial sweetener aspartame. This unexpected affinity for an artificial sweetener may reflect structural variation in the red panda's sweet taste receptor...

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