Meet the adorable family of ultra-rare Binturong - a bearcat that swings in the trees, and smells like popcorn (Video produced, filmed and edited by Lucinda Herbert). The endangered specie is closely ...

With its thick fur and long whiskers, the binturong looks like a cross between a bear and a cat. Native to the tropical forests of Southeast Asia, it spends most of its time in trees, moving with ...

Binturongs smell of popcorn. Image via Canva Pro A fun and peculiar fact about the binturong is its unique scent, which many people liken to the smell of buttered popcorn. This odor comes from a ...

These creatures smell like hot buttered popcorn because they release a chemical compound called 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline — the same compound produced during the cooking of popcorn or freshly baked ...

Binturongs' popcorn perfume plays a vital role in communication, helping them mark their territory and signal their presence to others in dense tropical rainforests.

It was not until a 2016 study was published in The Science of Nature that it was discovered that the same compound involved in creating the buttery popcorn smell is the same one expelled in the urine ...

The odor, that of freshly popped buttered popcorn, comes from its urine. Therefore, when binturongs mark, the feeling of being in a movie theater comes back to those who smell it.

How Binturongs Create The Buttery Popcorn Smell Is Mind Boggling The debate is still ongoing as to how binturong urine can smell like buttery popcorn. ©Jastrow, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons – ...

TRUE Binturongs, or bearcats, smell like popcorn due to a substance in their urine, which they use to mark territory and attract mates through scent trails. As for why that is, Brooke Fortune of ...

There, on the forest floor, was a binturong — a creature reported to smell like buttered popcorn, according to wildlife experts. Their familiar scent comes from a chemical compound in their urine.

There, on the forest floor, was a binturong — a creature reported to smell like buttered popcorn, according to wildlife experts. Their familiar scent comes from a chemical compound in their urine.