Beaver's anal gland excretion tastes like vanilla.
I'll give you a second to re-read that and process it for a minute. I'll wait.
Yep, this exudate is called "Castoreum" and because of it's... sweet... properties, it's used in flavouring vanilla ice-cream. Sexy.
According to Wikipedia (The Encyclopedia that is never wrong, of course) "castoreum is the yellowish secretion of the castor sac in combination with the beaver's urine"
So next time you munch your way into some vanilla ice-cream (and sickeningly, also some raspberry stuff too) just check the back of the packet for Castoreum.
and thank the beaver.
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