• Question: why are our tongues red

    Asked by emily to Alex, Amanda, Marco, Olivia, Sha on 16 Mar 2017.
    • Photo: Alex Evans

      Alex Evans answered on 16 Mar 2017:

      Good question!

      I’m not sure about the answer to this, but I think it might be because our tongues are made up of muscles that require a constant supply of blood, so the pink-red colour might come from the blood supply. Very interesting question though!

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