While we currently have a great deal of information about a dog's smell and sight, we know little about its sense of taste. We know some details about it, thanks to the studies of experts, such as that of taste is the least developed sense of this animal. We tell you more about this topic.
The explanation that the sense of taste is so weak in the dog is found in the fact that it has a small amount of taste buds. While humans have approximately 9.000, dogs have about 1.700. That is why we are more sensitive to flavors than they are.
However, they are able to identify sweet, sour and bitter flavors. It is somewhat more difficult for them to assimilate salty foods, something that has its explanation in its evolution. And it is that dogs are carnivores by instinct, which makes them consume a sufficient amount of salt in their diet; This has caused the papillae responsible for detecting this flavor to barely develop.
On the other hand, and unlike humans, they have a series of taste buds located at the tip of the tongue, right where the fold occurs when they drink liquid. Thanks to them, these animals know when they need more or less water.
For all this, dogs do not taste food like humans, but are attracted to food through the smell. If the smell of an object is pleasant to them, even if it is not edible, they are very likely to ingest it. This carries some danger for them, so we must keep things such as food wrappers or aromatic products out of their reach. It is also important to know that the aroma of meat is more striking than any other.