Research explains why bearcats smell like buttered popcorn. Bearcats are neither bears nor cats, but civets, a group of slender nocturnal mammal species endemic to tropical Asia and Africa.

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Research explains why bearcats smell like buttered popcorn. Bearcats are neither bears nor cats, but civets, a group of slender nocturnal mammal species endemic to tropical Asia and Africa.