Justin Morgan owned a bay colt born in 1789, he named Figure. Figure's ability to outwalk, outtrot, outrun, and outpull other horses was legendary. After Justin Morgan's death, Figure became known by his former owner's name, the Justin Morgan horse.
Part of that may be because our sense of taste is slowly dying. Sadly for the rest of us, our physiology is working against us on nearly every front. As we age, our taste buds stop regenerating, and our sense of smell dulls. An average adult taster might have 10,000 taste buds in his or her mouth. A supertasterâone of those 15 to 25 percent of the population whose tongue is extra sensitiveâmight be gifted with twice as many. A non-taster, meanwhile, might have to get by with half the norm.
Within each papilla are hundreds of taste buds.[4] The exception to this are the filiform papillae that do not contain taste buds. There are between 2000 and 5000[5] taste buds that are located on the back and front of the tongue. Others are located on the roof, sides and back of the mouth, and in the throat. Each taste bud contains 50 to 100 taste receptor cells.