Why Cats Enjoy Eating Cantaloupe and Other Fruits

Many fruits contain an amino acid that smells like meat to them.

If you’re a pet owner of a cat and dog…you know dogs will eat just about anything you drop on the floor. That is except for fruit. Ever wonder what happens to that piece of melon? Do you think your dog came back around and grabbed it up? Nope. It was more likely your feline! In fact, cats seem unusually interested in certain fruits like melon because they are the only mammal that lacks the ability to detect sweetness in food. Many fruits contain an amino acid that smells like meat to them and they say a bit of fruit won’t hurt them once in a while.