Cats have around 470 taste buds on their tongues, which is about 4 times fewer than humans. Cats are able to detect sweet, salty, and sour tastes, but their sense of taste is not as strong as humans.
They only have a few hundred taste buds, compared to over 9000 taste buds for humans! This means for example that cats are not able to taste anything sweet. However, many believe that their heightened sense of smell makes up for their poor taste.
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