Love the taste of wine? Love how it's fruity, sweet, and more? Apparently,
koala urine taste just the same! The whole thing began in 1966, when scientists isolated a component of wine, calling it 'wine lactone.'
They were right, at least for the lactone part. Except, they got the wine part wrong.
![](https://fooyoh.com/files/attach/images/3004/931/893/014/wine1.gif)
Wine lactone was discovered in 1975, and it was discovered that if you feed a koala eucalyptus leaves and wait for it to pee...
![](https://fooyoh.com/files/attach/images/3004/931/893/014/wine2.gif)
One of the things that it will pee out is wine lactone.
![](https://fooyoh.com/files/attach/images/3004/931/893/014/wine3.gif)
Erm..yucks?
![](https://fooyoh.com/files/attach/images/3004/931/893/014/wine4.gif)
To be fair, lactone in wine is only one specific isomer, so don't worry, you're only drinking part koala urine.
![](https://fooyoh.com/files/attach/images/3004/931/893/014/wine5.gif)