Our taste buds are located in specific areas on our tongues. Everything would taste the same. Most insects use their mouths to taste flavors just as we do. For example, a butterfly tastes food with its mouth and its feet. Ants can taste food with their mouths and with their antennae.
People can only taste food and liquids with the taste buds in their tongues.
Safety Precautions Be careful not to get the food items in your eyes. If you do, rinse out thoroughly with cold water. You might write down these categories on a blackboard or piece of paper and jot down their examples. Have students stick out their tongues and check out a friend's. Today, we are doing an experiment to help us figure out where our different taste buds are located on our tongues.