Tongue Facts

A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue.

Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.

The lifespan of a tastebud is ten days.

Girls have a better sense of taste than boys, requiring less intensity to detect sweet and sour flavors.

A white coating on your tongue indicates bacterial buildup - the thicker and whiter the coating, the more bacteria are present.

Food can only be tasted if it is mixed with saliva.

Chanel Tapper, a student from California, USA, has the world's longest tongue, measuring 9.75 cm (3.8 inches), from tip to top lip!

The Blue Whale's tongue weighs more than an adult elephant!

A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue!

An adult giraffe's tongue is 17 inches long.

A chameleon's tongue is twice the length of its body.

Cymothoa exigua is a type of parasite that enters through fish's gills, eats their tongue, and then replaces it.