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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.

Is it merely coincidence that a beaver is slang for female genetalia?

https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/18810/how-did-th... (was curious)

I don't think it's too complex, considering various furry animals names have been used. Rabbit (coney/cunny), cat (pussy).

Reading the article in the comment you just replied to, the delicious scent is apparent from simply sniffing near the beaver's rear end. I imagine it wasn't hard to find.

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.

Humor is still there.

You're eating beaver back sac.

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