Dog tongue

[KDENISE977]

Question?

do dogs have the same set of taste bud as humans, like... do they taste sweet or sour or salty?

 

[RPMDAD]

Taste: A dog's senses of taste and smell are closely linked and it is possible that dogs gain more imformation about food from its smell than from its taste. Most of a dog's taste buds are clustered around the tip of the tongue. Dogs can detect bitter, sweet, salty, and sour tastes, but their sense of taste is relatively poor and they have only one-sixth the number of taste buds that humans have.

Taken From

General Physiology of Dogs

 

[KDENISE977]

Taste: A dog's senses of taste and smell are closely linked and it is possible that dogs gain more imformation about food from its smell than from its taste. Most of a dog's taste buds are clustered around the tip of the tongue. Dogs can detect bitter, sweet, salty, and sour tastes, but their sense of taste is relatively poor and they have only one-sixth the number of taste buds that humans have.

Taken From

General Physiology of Dogs

Interesting !!

 

[Chris0nllyn]

I was wondering this myself.

My dog ate a huge chunk of onion that dropped on the floor not too long ago.










Then looked at me for more....

 

[SoMDGirl42]

I was wondering this myself.

My dog ate a huge chunk of onion that dropped on the floor not too long ago.










Then looked at me for more....

some of them eat poo.

 

[KDENISE977]

I read the poo eating means something is lacking in their diet.

 

[Kris10]

How would I know, I'm not a dog




But I will say, unlike my dog, I've never EVERRRRRR eaten sh!t or grass or kitty litter