Getting the Bill – Taste, Touch and Smell in Birds
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 18, 2012
Pale-mandibled Aracari by Luke Seitz Taste, touch and smell in birds are generally considered to be weaker than these same senses in mammals. Whilst catfish have around 100,000 taste buds, rabbits around 17,000 and humans approximately 9,000, birds rarely exceed 100 of these receptors. Let’s talk about taste.
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