Subversion! It turns out that cats’ favorite food is not fish! We have misunderstood it for years...

This article was reviewed by Zhao Xumao, a young researcher at Lanzhou University

In everyone's impression

Cats love fish

As a veritable shit shoveler

I will definitely give it to my cat master

Prepare a variety of cat foods containing fish ingredients

But have you ever thought about it carefully?

Cats have been afraid of water since ancient times.

Why do you like to eat fish in water?

Today I will take you

Understand it well

turn out to be

Cats are not born to love fish

Just eat fish

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Studies have found

The ancestors of domestic cats lived in the desert

So the ancestors of cats

Maybe he doesn't eat fish.

The reason why cats eat fish later

There are two reasons:

The first is

Cats choosing food

Mainly by smell

They think the fishier the food, the fresher it is.

And fish has its own fishy smell

It is easy to attract their attention

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The second reason is

Fish contain a lot of taurine

This substance is an indispensable component for cats.

If cats lack taurine for a long time

Not only will it cause vision loss

It may also cause

Infertility, miscarriage and other problems

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