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Well, it depends on how you define the terms "taste" and "smell." The way most people use "taste," to mean the sensations experienced when eating a food or drinking a beverage, smell is definitely a large portion of the experience. If, however, you define the terms "taste" and "smell" more scientifically, so that taste refers to the sensations elicited by stimulation of the taste receptor cells and smell refers to the stimulation of olfactory neuron, then these are independent senses, both of which play an important role in the experiencing of foods and beverages. A more scientifically accurate statement would be that "Most of flavor is smell," where flavor is defined as the combination of sensations experienced when eating or drinking, especially, taste, smell, and chemesthesis.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 10y agosmell is important to mammals because it's easier to smell their prey.
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∙ 14y agoBecause some animals are almost blind and some ARE blind,so they either need smell or hearing to get around or hunt.
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∙ 13y agodepending on whether the mammal is a predator or not, it can be either sniffing out food, water, other animals, plants and many other scents that our noses cannot detect
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∙ 13y agoNot all animals have a good sense of smell. However, if you are speaking of dogs, for example, they have one because they have to hunt down and track things to eat.
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How good is your sense of smell?
our sense of smell is better than animals by 90%
How good is a person sense of smell?
Compared to other animals, our sense of smell is poor. A lot of animals can smell things from miles away! :)
Compare sense of smell between humans and other animals?
The sense of smell in humans is quite good. However, when compared to most animals it is not superior. Animals have developed a better sense of smell in order to protect themselves from predators and to find food.
What do wolves use their sense of smell for?
they would there sense of smell for like there food or animals hedde for them from far away.
Why great whites need a great sense of smell?
Great whites need their great sense of smell so they can smell their prey or so they can smell blood.
Why do animals which hunt need good eyesight and a keen sense of a smell?
Animals need to find food quickly before its prey escapes.
What Animals that have strong sense of smell?
cats and dogs
What is olfactory bulb?
olfactory bulb is related with sense of smell. in human it has small in size but in animals its size is so large. therefore the sense on smell in animals is better then human
What wild animals have a strong sense of smell?
A wolf is one
Which animal has poor sense of sight and hearing but good sense of smell?
Many animals have poor senses of sight and hearing, but a good sense of smell. One example is the bat.
Which animal has poor sense of sight and hearing but has good sense of smell?
Many animals have poor senses of sight and hearing, but a good sense of smell. One example is the bat.
How do animals adapt their sense of smell?
With magic nose pixies :Dx
