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cm0002@lemmy.world to cats@lemmy.world · 4 months ago

A new colour of cat has been discovered

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A new colour of cat has been discovered

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cm0002@lemmy.world to cats@lemmy.world · 4 months ago
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A new colour of cat has been discovered | BBC Science Focus Magazine
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The salty liquorice cat has an unusual coat, but the usual suspect is not behind this phenomenon. Now scientists know what is.
  • nocturne@sopuli.xyz
    61·
    4 months ago

    I doubt many people how ammonium chloride tastes, whereas I think most do know what both salt and licorice taste like.

    • BorgDrone@lemmy.one
      36·
      4 months ago

      But it tastes nothing like salt and licorice. It tastes like salmiak (a.k.a. ammonium chloride). Who hasn’t had salmiak at least once in their life?

      • unsettlinglymoist@lemmy.world
        7·
        4 months ago

        Salmiak is not popular worldwide. I love salmiak, but almost no one I mention it to is familiar with it.

      • nocturne@sopuli.xyz
        21·
        4 months ago

        Isn’t one of the main ingredients licorice root?

        • BorgDrone@lemmy.one
          21·
          4 months ago

          No. It is added to certain types of licorice candy to add flavor but salmiak is it’s own thing.

          • Tessellecta@feddit.nl
            2·
            4 months ago

            My chemistry teacher once made salmiak as a demonstration. The only experiment we were ever allowed to taste and quite cool to look at too.

            • crusty@lemmy.dbzer0.com
              2·
              4 months ago

              I never connected that salmiakk the candy and salmiakk the cleaning liquid is the same thing until now.

              https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salty_liquorice

              https://www.jernia.no/praktisk-hjem/rengjøring-og-vaskeutstyr/vaskemiddel/syre--og-basevask/lilleborg-salmiakk-rengjøring-0%2C75l/p/11687821

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