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Sent in by:
Aaron of Bozeman, MT

Be part of a live, international science experiment right here. We want to know if an equal number of boys and girls can roll their tongues.
Instructions

Instructions


Can you do it?

Choose the button that matches you and click it to add yourself to the tally:


We can see that 42% of boys surveyed can roll their tongues and 85% of girls can roll their tongues.

Of the total, 74% can tongue roll and 26% cannot.


Is there a pattern you can identify? Can you explain the pattern? Now, go count how many of your friends and relatives can roll their tongues. Click once for each person. Tell us whether they're boys or girls (men or women too) and if they can tongue roll. The page will come back with YOUR totals included.

Some of your Results

Richard, age 12 of San Francisco, CA wrote:
I did it!

Pen of Ripon wrote:
I can do it really well. I can do it sideways too.

Krista, age 9 of Livermore, CA wrote:
i can not do it. I do try though.

Emily, age 15 of Sylvania, AL wrote:
Almost every girl I asked could roll her tounge, but only one boy could. Curious.

Vanna, age 10 of Akron wrote:
i cant do it

Lena, age 10 of Buckeye, AZ wrote:
I can't really do it

Kelsey, age 9 of Arlington, WA wrote:
i can do it but if I do it for a long time it hurts

Kelsey, age 8 of Pittsburgh, PA wrote:
I don't know if I can roll my tongue or not.

Allyson, age 10 of Sacramento, CA wrote:
my toung rolled

Jamila, age 11 of Chattanooga, TN wrote:
I saw my mom do it one time and i kept trying to do it, but i kept failing. Until one time i was watching zoom and just did it without even relising it. I kept trying and know i can do it

Deserae, age 10 of Indianapolis, IN wrote:
i did it on my first time trying!!!

Shaina, age 14 of Baltimore, MD wrote:
i rolled my tonge

Madison, age 4 of Seattle, WA wrote:
Madison can roll her tongue and it looks so cute!! So can her mom, dad, sisters, and brother.

Emily, age 6 of NC wrote:
one day I stuk out my tongue and then I rolled it.

Ali, age 8 of Ashburn, VA wrote:
When I rolled my tongue, it was like a sphere.

Jessica, age 12 of Methuen, MA wrote:
I could roll my tounge very well in many diffrent ways!

Diamond, age 11 of Pine Bluff, AR wrote:
It tikle a little and maybe you can do it. p. s I'm your biggest fan

Ericka, age 10 of Bean Station, TN wrote:
I could do it the first time I tried it!! Is so easy!!

Kelly, age 12 of Higginsville, MO wrote:
My mom, dad, sister, and myself were able to do it.

Katelin, age 8 of Granite City, IL wrote:
i did it!

Makayla, age 8 of Brooklyn, NY wrote:
my sister tried to teach me but it didnt work and I get jelous every time she does it a when I try I cant do it sometimes I get sooo mad when she does it.

Ray, age 8 of NY wrote:
cant do it my sis tried to teach me but it wont work

Shley, age 11 of Utica wrote:
i can not roll my tonque

Kim, age 13 of San Antonio, TX wrote:
when I rolled my tounge well it rolled

Ashlyn, age 10 of MO wrote:
my mom and I think my dad can do it and so can I. But I don't know if my sister can do it?

Maggie, age 12 of El Paso, TX wrote:
I can do it and my dad, sisters and mom can I guess its probally genetics.

Kelsey-Lee, age 11 of W. Valley, NY wrote:
It works but when you do it for a long perid of time it hurts!!!

Janae, age 5 of Lexington wrote:
it did not work.

Chelsea, age 12 of Austin, TX wrote:
i rolled my tounge!


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