Ask anyone who's stood near a binturong enclosure what they noticed first, and the answer is rarely "the animal." It's the smell — and it is, unmistakably, buttered popcorn. A Bear? A Cat? Neither The binturong (Arctictis binturong) goes by the nickname "bearcat," which turns out to be wrong on both counts. It isn't a bear or a cat — it's a member of the civet family, … [Read more...] about Why didn’t anyone tell me there’s an animal that smells exactly like hot, buttered popcorn?