Editing Water (section)

===Taste and odor===
Pure water is usually described as tasteless and odorless, although [[humans]] have specific sensors that can feel the presence of water in their mouths,<ref name="pmid28553944">{{cite journal | vauthors = Zocchi D, Wennemuth G, Oka Y | title = The cellular mechanism for water detection in the mammalian taste system | journal = Nature Neuroscience | volume = 20 | issue = 7 | pages = 927–933 | date = July 2017 | pmid = 28553944 | doi = 10.1038/nn.4575 | s2cid = 13263401 | url = https://authors.library.caltech.edu/77104/6/nn.4575-S2.pdf | access-date = 27 January 2024 | archive-date = 5 March 2024 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240305154837/https://s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/caltechauthors/99/15/d0ca-f08f-4315-b32e-c758f8dd1cc8/data?response-content-type=application/octet-stream&response-content-disposition=attachment%3B%20filename%3Dnn.4575-S2.pdf&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIARCVIVNNAKP37N3MU/20240305/us-west-2/s3/aws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20240305T154835Z&X-Amz-Expires=60&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=c12110c390e86eaaada9c08cfa75fbc87beb2c703250bafb9358fda4dfc2acf4 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref name=emo>Edmund T. Rolls (2005). ''Emotion Explained''. Oxford University Press, Medical. {{ISBN|978-0198570035}}.</ref> and frogs are known to be able to smell it.<ref name=frog>R. Llinas, W. Precht (2012), ''Frog Neurobiology: A Handbook''. Springer Science & Business Media. {{ISBN|978-3642663161}}</ref> However, water from ordinary sources (including [[mineral water]]) usually has many dissolved substances that may give it varying tastes and odors. Humans and other animals have developed senses that enable them to evaluate the [[potability]] of water in order to avoid water that is too salty or [[putrid]].<ref name=candau>{{cite journal |last1=Candau |first1=Joël |year=2004 |title=The Olfactory Experience: constants and cultural variables |url=https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00130924 |journal=Water Science and Technology |volume=49 |issue=9 |pages=11–17 |access-date=28 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002152229/https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00130924 |archive-date=2 October 2016 |url-status=live |doi=10.2166/wst.2004.0522 |pmid=15237601 |bibcode=2004WSTec..49...11C }}</ref>