The fairly large animals come from southeast Asia and are classed as ‘vulnerable’ due to their dwindling numbers.

Officials at the Louisville Zoo introduced Bianca, a 1-year-old female binturong — otherwise known ... exude a unique scent resembling of buttery popcorn, zoo officials said, which they produce ...

Picture: NCA NewsWire/Sharon Smith Bearcats, also known as binturong, are known to smell like popcorn because of a molecule in their urine that’s also found in the snack. Acting senior ...

The new addition, a male named Hanoi, arrived from France and will join Bellatrix, completing the zoo's pair of binturongs.

Its unique scent, reminiscent of buttered popcorn, is due to the presence of 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (2-AP) in its urine ...

However, there are claims that some animals like the binturong have a pleasant odour. It is said that this shaggy, black-furred mammal with a cat-like face smells like popcorn. Is this true?

The 1-year-old bearcat is a rare species native to southeast ... they have a unique scent that resembles buttery popcorn, so they can mark their territory, according to zoo officials.

The zoo says that Bianca is a nearly 30-pound female Binturong, also known as a "bearcat ... which smells like buttered popcorn, which is produced by glands and used to mark their territory.

Bianca, a 1-year-old female binturong or "bearcat," is a mammal ... They are known for a unique scent, which smells like buttery popcorn. Their diet consists of mostly insects, birds and fruit ...

or bearcat, could spark a romance between the two animals. Paignton Zoo said the animals - which have an "unmistakable popcorn scent" - faced mounting threats in the tropical forests of South and ...

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.