Posted by Dr. Science on 03/25/2013 in
Question |
Why do dog’s feet smell like Fritos?
———- from Desiree Foard of Boise, ID
When you examine a dog’s foot under an electron microscope, it becomesapparent that the cells that comprise the soft tissue of the pad areactually little bean pods. Fritos, the corn chip, are made from a mixtureof re-fried beans and corn. Corn and beans are essentially the sameproduct, the former being treated with Yellow Dye #57 to improve theunsightly brown bean color. This is why midwestern farmers often grow cornand beans on the same acreage. It’s also why dogs are so rarely seenwalking in either corn or bean fields. Their feet would begin to mate withthe nearby plants and the dog would be found lying on its back dead, it’s pawsstretched in four different directions.
