Rats have poor eyesight but great hearing and smell. Over decades, rats have adapted to be very wary of humans; rats breed and reproduce at alarming rates, and like birds, are excellent disease carriers, so they have been exterminated and feared by humans for a long time.
Even my own pet rat is cautious when I feed him new treats. They are definitely smart enough to learn to avoid poisons and traps. I have even noticed how difficult it was to recapture my rat when he was an adolescent and he escaped.
Poisons and traps are still used to rid homes of rats, and they are still effective; however, rats in particular can often cause problems when people need to get rid of wild rats, because of their ability to learn.
Sometimes smells are strong enough you can taste them. it can even be vise versa.
No, because 70-75 percent of taste comes from smell. Taste buds allow the perception of only bitter, salty, sweet and sour tastes. It is the odor (smell) molecules from food that give the most taste sensation. You might taste a little, but not enough. Yes, you can taste without smell. I was born with anosmia (no sense of smell) and I can taste things just as well as the next person.
Smell and taste are 2 of the 5 senses we humans have: smell, taste, hear, sight, and feel. Guess what? You use your nose to smell and tongue to taste. Surprise, surprise.
No, taste and smell are very related though
I guess smell. What is there to taste?
Just the smell and taste of ethanol itself.
Smell is a large part of taste. If you can't smell, things will taste differently.
Smell is an important part of taste. without smell you would not taste anything. So if you don't have a sense of smell you won't have the sense of taste eather.
jelly fish are capable of smell and taste by its tentacles
You taste oxygen. You taste the smell of the oxygen.
Poison? Because it "looks" like air. You can't taste it, see it or smell it. Your body takes it in willingly. It's a silent killer.
No, because everything would taste different then it does when you can smell. You can taste better without seeing, but you have to smell to get the right taste.