Can Whales and Dolphins Taste Food? | WHALEZONE.TV S4E10

Описание: Ever wondered if whales and dolphins can taste their food? And what exactly do they taste? Discover how cetaceans experience taste in a way that is different from humans and why their sense of taste is important for survival!

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References:

Akpan, N. (2014, May 16). Whales can't taste anything but salt. Science. https://www.science.org/content/artic...

Bouchard, B. et al. (2017). Do bottlenose dolphins display behavioural response to fish taste? Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 194, p. 120-126. 10.1016/j.applanim.2017.05.013

Zhu, K. et al. (2014). The loss of taste genes in cetaceans. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 14 (218). doi:10.1186/s12862-014-0218-8


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