Durian fruit - Cats reactions

[packman]

[dewsgirl]

1. I had to Google Durian fruit, sounds delicious.

[YoshidaYui]

8. it actually is

smells bad but tastes great.

[CentralMass]

2. That is my reaction too. You taste "kerosene" while burping hours after eating it.

[Doreen]

3. My favorite was the cat trying to bury it immediately.

It is amazing people actually eat that stuff.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. Who knew cats have a gag reflex?

Anthony Bourdain said that if you eat durian fruit "your breath will smell as if you'd been French-kissing your dead grandmother." Food writer Richard Sterling says that "its odor is best described as pig-shit, turpentine and onions, garnished with a gym sock."

[Bayard]

5. Too funny!

I had a cat, Nigel, years ago, that had that gagging reaction to peanut butter. Didn't matter how many times I offered it to him when he was begging, he fell for it every time. GAG!

[Fla Dem]

6. Not knowing what Durian fruit is, I looked it uo.......

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durian
The durian is the fruit of several tree species belonging to the genus Durio. There are 30 recognised Durio species, at least nine of which produce edible fruit, with over 300 named varieties in Thailand and 100 in Malaysia, as of 1987


Why is the durian fruit banned?
Due to its overpowering smell, durian has been banned on many types of public transport across Thailand, Japan and Hong Kong. In Singapore, the fruit is banned across all types of public transportation and even taxis have signs to let you know they refuse to carry passengers transporting the smelly fruit.

What does durian fruit smell like?
Some people regard the durian as having a pleasantly sweet fragrance, whereas others find the aroma overpowering with an unpleasant odour. The smell evokes reactions from deep appreciation to intense disgust, and has been described variously as rotten onions, turpentine, and raw sewage.

[displacedtexan]

7. Monkey Baby Ni on YouTube hates it!!!

Her family in Vietnam loves it, but she prefers watermelon & other fruits and veggies.