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    [Science] Cats eat mice because they have this in their bodies?

    • Last Update: 2021-11-11
    • Source: Internet
    • Author: User
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    Studies have found that cats and mice may be related to taurine
    .
    Taurine can improve the night vision ability of cats, allowing cats to come and go freely at night, but cats cannot synthesize them.
    Mice have rich taurine in their bodies and mice are relatively easy to catch, so cats compensate for their own problems by catching mice.
    Demand for taurine
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    Now that cats are raised as pets, the chance of catching mice is greatly reduced.
    In order to keep cats coming and going freely at night, taurine is added to cat food
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    Careful people may find that in addition to taurine in cat food, taurine is also present in some of our common foods and medicines (such as formula milk powder, functional drinks, eye drops, etc.
    )
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    Taurine was first discovered in the bile of cattle.
    It is a sulfur-containing amino acid that the human body can synthesize, but the synthesis amount usually cannot meet normal needs and needs to be ingested from external sources
    .
    Common livestock and marine organisms are rich in taurine, but eggs, fruits and vegetables are almost not contained
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    Taurine is not only important for cats, but also important for human health
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    In addition to improving eyesight, taurine can also promote the development of brain cells and nervous system, and also has the effects of regulating blood lipids, anti-oxidation, and enhancing immunity
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