taste bud, n.Trivia

Tastebuds have a life span of about seven to ten days

Airplane food is bland in part because, due to dryness and low pressure, we lose up to 30 percent of our taste buds during flight

Human testicles have taste buds that can detect sweet flavors.

The tongue has approximately 9,000 taste buds.

The taste map of the tongue that many people learned in school is nonsense. Taste receptors for salty, sweet, bitter and sour are found all over the tongue.

taste buds decrease with age --- Children have more taste buds than adults.

The average person has 10,000 taste buds

Catfish have approximately 100,000 taste buds all over their bodies, most of them on their whiskers.

Catfish have over 100,000 taste buds

Not all your taste buds are on our tongue (10% are on the insides of you cheeks)

Taste buds grow old --- by age 60 most people would have lost half of their taste buds

Dogs have far fewer taste buds than Humans (1,700 vs our 9,000)

Penguins can't taste sweet or savory flavors, according to genetic data. They can only taste sour and salty foods.

The average person has 10,000 taste buds which are replaced every 2 weeks or so.