Beaver butt secretions have been linked to some of our favorite foods

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[Rebelbase]

We're sorry in advance if we've just ruined your appetite.

But, the rumors are true: There might be small amounts of beaver butt goo in some of our favorite gummy candies, ice creams, sodas and baked goods. Don't worry though, it's safe.

For the past 80 years, we've been using the "brown slime" emitted from beavers as a way to add vanilla, strawberry and raspberry flavors to some of our favorite foods.

How exactly does this work? Beavers emit the chemical compound castoreum from their castor sacs. The sacs are located under the animal's tail and are secreted when they seek to communicate or mark their territory.

[Rebelbase]

We've been eating secretions from a beaver's ass this whole time...

[MNDude]

Oh boy, here come the jokes.

[madison10]

Ewwww. Sometimes it is better not to know.

[j_guru]

Sometimes you just have to wonder... who was the first person who said “hmm... I wonder what that tastes like.”

[SSS Two]

You’ve wondered what the “natural flavors” were on the ingredient list? Well now you know.

[PCPOET7]

I think this food tastes like beaver but.

[exDemMom]

I wonder that every time I eat eggs.

“Look at what just came out of that bird’s butt. I bet it tastes good!”

[tatown]

Nothing like a little brown beaver secretion......to make me run the other way.

[Impala64ssa]

Reminds me of an episode of Bizarre Foods where Andrew Zimmern visited tribe in central Maine. In keeping with thteir traditions beaver meat is their staple food. Since that’s not too far from metro Boston, I wonder does Elizabeth Fauxchahantas Warren eat beaver? Not insinuatin’ nuttin’, just sayin’ 0;-)

[Doc91678]

Beaver Castors (Beaver Butt), are used extensively in Perfumes too.

[Karl Spooner]

No wonder why beavers eat 30 to 40 percent of their diet in the turds they produce. It makes them yummy. This solves that riddle.

[al baby]

Tony Dow is not amused

[ameribbean expat]

I don’t know, but heaven help the person who serves me anything in a raspberry reduction.

[50mm]

In before the “No Thanks!”

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

A friend trapped a beaver, Brougt it to my house to show me. My Briard went nutz! It really stank!

[Psalm 73]

"beaver butt goo"

Excellent name for a punk band.

[mountn man]

[Rebelbase]

“Beaver Castors (Beaver Butt), are used extensively in Perfumes too.”

“Honey, you smell like beaver”...SLAP!

[2111USMC]

I could have gone through my entire life without knowing this.... and it would have been fine with me.

[Doc91678]

If you really want to get a little sick, Absolute Civet Paste from the female Abyssinian Civet Cat is tasted to make sure it has not been adulterated and cut with banana.