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Cats are obligate carnivores and must consume prey animals to obtain essential compounds (Montague et al. 2014). Cats have relatively few taste buds and no ability to taste sweet substances, perhaps because cats have little need to detect plant‐based sugars as an energy source. Recent research has shown that cats do have bitter taste receptors, which may provide a means of toxin detection and avoidance (Lei et al. 2015).