### sensation | smell | scent:

Scent marking
* can also communicate sex and reproductive state.
* common feature of otter behavior.
* is an essential component of communication in most nonhuman primates
  - important mode of communication
  - done to delineate territorial boundaries and communicate sexual state
  - imperative for intergroup communication
  - important in advertising territory boundaries and willingness to mate
  - prevalent, e.g. males seek and urinate on urine deposits made by estrous females
  - primarily through dung middens
  - used to delineate territories
  - very important sustained by rubbing branches with the crotch, forehead and hands
* pass information such as sexual readiness.
* vital role in the communication of the giant pandas to each other.

### sensation:

Taste
* Identify the taste usually stimulated at each tongue location.
* adds flavor.
* also has an intentional object that communicates knowledge of the world.
* begins with an ion or molecule docking in receptors on the tongue or palate.
* change and develop
  - with time
* chemical sense, depending on what substances do when broke down, and affected by saliva
  - like smell
* commonly change during pregnancy, and tolerances to smells change.
* conduit for memory.
* cross between malt chocolate and caramel.
* decreases with age and using herbs, spices and lemon juice can increase the flavor of foods.
* detects chemical compounds in the mouth.
* develop in infants over time.
* festive sense.
* function of the ingredients used, as well as the flavorings added.
* helps mammals identify the food that they eat.
* is an important sense in people and most animals
  - inlet letting in all manner of sensation which perceptions help define
  - another important method of learning about the world
  - comprised of five primary senses detected on the palate
  - discrimination
  - even more specifically related to eating than smell
  - experience
  - important, but nutrition is the key to healthy pets
  - just as important as smell
  - key when it comes to choosing foods
  - located in mouths
  - modality
  - much more a social and cultural phenomenon than people tend to recognise
  - obviously one of the most common associations with growing plants
  - one of the last tests to be conducted, because some minerals are poisonous
  - part of helpings
  - personal preference
  - related to time and place
* is sensed by taste buds located on the papillae lining the mouth and throat of the shark
  - on the surface of the tongue
* is the ability to respond to dissolved molecules and ions called tastants
  - composition of all the ingredients
  - contact point that enables the ball to bounce high
  - death of a painter
  - final characteristic of what the customer wants
  - most important sense used by domestic livestock in diet selection
  - number one reason that consumers buy bottled water
  - other major reason people prefer bottled water versus tap water
  - weakest of the five senses
  - used to help avoid harmful foods
  - what a human or animal feels on the tongue when food is in the mouth
* major reason many people prefer bottled water.
* masking - Medical substances often have a bitter taste when added to chewing gum.
* mixture of different sensations, including smell.
* occurs when minute particles touch the taste buds
  - specific proteins in the food bind to receptors on the taste buds
* plays a crucial role in regulating our ingestion of foods and beverages.
* transmits the meaning of food.
* triggers responses.
* usually determines the choice of metal for jewelry.
  * ' is one of the five senses. Taste is what a human or animal feels on the tongue when food is in the mouth.
* varies in intensity.
* varies, too, but in general, taste is less well-developed in birds than it is in humans.