WeHi@feddit.org to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 7 days agoBesides humans probably no other species on this planet comprehends the concept of hot or cooked foodmessage-squaremessage-square31linkfedilinkarrow-up158arrow-down14
arrow-up154arrow-down1message-squareBesides humans probably no other species on this planet comprehends the concept of hot or cooked foodWeHi@feddit.org to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 7 days agomessage-square31linkfedilink
minus-squarewater@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·7 days agoMice prefer cooked food: https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2011/11/why-cooking-counts/ Great apes as well: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0047248408000481
minus-squaregoodguys9@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoWe already knew many great apes preferred cooked food. That study is specifically about chimps. I just found it mildly funny that the study was essentially titled “Humans prefer cooked food.”
Mice prefer cooked food: https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2011/11/why-cooking-counts/
Great apes as well: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0047248408000481
We already knew many great apes preferred cooked food. That study is specifically about chimps.
I just found it mildly funny that the study was essentially titled “Humans prefer cooked food.”