Taste flesh foods

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ORIGIN AND HISTORY. The wild ancestors of the squashes appear to have originated in the vicinity of the border between Mexico and Guatemala. The first use of these vegetables as food appears to have occurred around 8000 B.C. At that time the Indians gathered the wild plants mainly for the seeds because the fruits contained only small amounts of bitter-tasting flesh. From Mexico and Central America, squashes spread throughout North and South America. 

Simplified Summary of Cat Taste Neuron Responses to Compounds Commonly Found in Flesh Foods, Solutions 50 mM, pH 6r7. 

The felids, for instance, typically remain with the mother until subadults, when their hunting skills are established. In the selection of appropriate foodstuffs the carnivore is aided and directed by the chemical characteristics of the food. Vertebrates, invertebrates, and plants vary markedly in their chemical composition, which is important in diet selection. There exists wide variation in the taste of bird eggs and bird flesh as determined by human and animal palatability judgements (, ). 

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