Sense of Taste

Unusual

100

This animal tastes with their feet. 

A Butterfly 

200

This insect uses it's antennae to taste. 

A Bee

300

This animal smells with its tongue and tastes with its sensory organ in the roof of its mouth 

A snake

400

This animal uses its face to taste which is helpful because its vision is lacking.

Catfish

500

This animal uses its many arms to taste its meals

Octopus

Tastes

100

This taste receptor also us to taste jolly ranchers and gum

Sweet

200

This taste receptor helps us to taste to things like pretzels and chips. 

Salty 

300

This taste receptor allows you to taste items like steak, soup or roasted chicken the fancy name for this is umami

Savory 

400

Cocoa powder without sugar or an earwax jelly bean is considered

Bitter

500

Warheads or lemonhead may cause your mouth to pucker which triggers this taste receptor

Sour

Tastes?

100

t/f

Cats cannot taste sweetness

true

200

t/f 

Dogs have receptors for sweet, sour, spicy, and bitter tastes

True

300

Meat eaters mainly rely on the taste of bitterness to help them NOT eat rancid meat. What are meat eaters also called?

Carnivores

400

T/F Bears are considered omnivores because they eat meat, berries and honey. 

True- they retained their sense of taste for sweet things

500

T/F Whales taste every flavor except salt. 

True