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Comment by bogzz

7 hours ago

This must be payback for us harvesting their delicious anal glands all those years ago.

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2014/03/26/293406191/do...

I wonder how was it first discovered how beaver anal glands taste like.

Well ackshually...

> Beaver food flavoring doesn't actually come from the animal's anal gland but from another organ next to it, called the castor sac.

I still wouldn't try it, myself.

  • The nuance takes some of the humor out of the notion of eating beaver ass, though. That weighty tail hides a delectable treat.