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The trickiest tongue twister in the English language is apparently "Sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick". Give it a try and see for yourself.

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The tongue has 8 muscles, so is technically not the strongest muscle in the body.

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Some animal tongues are specially designed to catch prey. Chameleons, frogs, and anteaters have tongues that can extend out of their mouth and grab insects.

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Have you ever wondered why a dog's tongue hangs out of its mouth after a lot of exercise? Well a dog's tongue increases in size as it exercises due to greater blood flow, moisture on the tongue works to cool this blood flow, cooling the dog.

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Sticking your tongue out at people is seen as childish or rude in many countries, however, in Tibet it is considered a greeting.

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The posterior tongue area is closest to the throat, and roughly one-third of length.

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The anterior part of the tongue is the visible part at the front and is about two-thirds of the tongue's length.

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The human tongue is divided into two parts the anterior and the posterior.

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On average, women have shorter tongues than men.

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The tongue also works as a natural way of cleaning teeth after eating.

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The bumps we can see on the tongue are called papillae. Taste buds sit on top of these papillae but are not visible to the human eye.

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The human tongue has on average 3,000 - 10,000 taste buds.

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The tongue is the main sensory organ of the taste sense. The upper surface of a tongue is covered with taste buds which contain taste receptors.

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The tongue is a muscular structure attached to the floor of the mouth.

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Giraffes have bluish-purple tongues which are tough and covered in bristly hair to help them with eating the thorny Acacia trees.

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