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Do animals have taste buds?

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Can cats taste 'sweet'? Or do animals other than humans have similar taste receptors to us? In evolutionary terms, the chemical senses — taste and smell — are the oldest. ... Vertebrates, on the other hand, all have tongues, and all tongues have taste buds. read more

Vertebrates, on the other hand, all have tongues, and all tongues have taste buds. But not all animals taste the same things, says Dr Susan Hemsley senior lecturer in veterinary anatomy and histology at the University of Sydney. read more

Herbivores have more taste buds than omnivores, which have more than carnivores (mostly because plants can be highly poisonous, while meat is usually safe). Humans have 8-10 thousand taste buds per tongue, while cows have 25 thousand, pigs 15 thousand, parrots a few hundred, and chickens a measly thirty. read more

Omnivores, or animals that eat both plant matter and meat, tend to have taste buds that allow them to taste all five flavors, including sweet, causing them to have more taste buds than carnivores. Pigs, for example, sport around 15,000 taste buds. read more

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