Why are taste buds seen behind tongue?

test buds? lol Taste buds are seen behind your tongue because these taste buds send taste to your brain as a smell, so when you hold your nose and eat something gross like you wont taste it (which i dont know why some people think that works) your actually doing nothing besides not breathing. the smell of the taste is really a taste from your tongue confusing your brain into forming that into a smell also to make food taste very good.