"If you
stick out your tongue and close your mouth most people's tongues are only a couple of centimetres long," said Stephen.
(You can try it yourself: If you
stick out your tongue and try to lick your own chin, you'll notice the top of your tongue is facing outward.)
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Stick out Your Tongue!: Fantastic Facts, Features, and Functions of Animal and Human Tongues by Joan Bonsignore (Peachtree Publishers, 200l) features facts and functions of unusual animal tongues.
IN 1985, after being hunted by Chinese authorities for three years and being divorced from his wife, Ma Jian took a journey to Tibet to "find a refuge." The result of this spiritual quest culminated in a collection of stories under the title Stick Out Your Tongue, which was banned by the Chinese government when it was first published in the journal People's Literature in 2987.
It is interesting that "Stick Out Your Tongue" is not one of the titles of the five stories in the collection.
Go to a mirror and
stick out your tongue. Those bumps are called papillae (puh-PILL-eye).
Stick out your tongue. Does it have a heavy white or grey coat?
Before you get too busy with the tongue scraping, stand in front of a mirror (in natural light, and making sure you haven't eaten or drunk anything immediately beforehand),
stick out your tongue and have a look at its coating, colour and shape.
When it's your turn, you grip the chair, squeeze your eyes shut, and
stick out your tongue. Suddenly you feel a sharp pain in your mouth.
So if you are feeling under the weather
stick out your tongue and have a good look.
Go to a mirror and
stick out your tongue. Those bumps on your tongue are called papillae (pa-PIL-eye).