How Does Your Tongue Stay Wet?
5/7/20269 min
In this episode, we learn how saliva is made by your salivary glands and how it helps with tasting, chewing, swallowing, digestion, and keeping teeth clean!
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First 90 secondsJosh· Host0:00
How does your tongue stay wet? [upbeat music] Hi, welcome to Curious Kids Everyday. I'm Josh. How are you doing today? It's so good to hear from you. Hey, have you ever noticed that your tongue is always wet? [upbeat music] [smacks lips] No matter what. Have you ever wondered why that is? What do you think it would be like if your tongue was dry? What would that feel like? Ugh. Probably like having sandpaper scratching around in your mouth. [sandpaper scratches] Ugh. I'm glad tongues are always wet, but how does that work? [tongue smacks] Is your mouth wet and so it keeps the tongue wet, or does wetness come from the tongue? [tongue smacks] I was thinking about this today because I got an email from a curious kid named Abigail. She wondered, "How does your tongue stay wet?" [upbeat music] [tongue smacks] Your tongue stays wet mostly because your mouth is always making saliva. Do you know what saliva is? We have