GoldenCrystal (./18) :
En fait je viens d'essayer la langue en "W" et je dirais que le truc c'est juste de replier la langue en arrière quand elle est en "U". J'ai réussi au premier essai, je savais même pas qu'on pouvait faire ça
Folco (./10) :
J'aime la dernière remarque
)Flanker (./26) :aze (./22) :
mais est ce que vous arrivez à toucher le bout de votre nez avec votre langue ? (pour nos amis non lézards)
Et naturellement, tu espères que ceux qui te liront vont faire le test au boulot, de préférence en open-space ?
Zephyr (./36) :
bon, va falloir que j'aille me cacher aux toilettes pour expérimenter tout ça
(les open spaces c'est mal ^^)
momotte (./27) :
merde j'arrive pas a toucher ma barbe
The Evolution of Tongue-Rolling
Mammals who live their lives entirely in the sea have a unique problem to face: they suckle their young with milk like any other mammal, but in a fluid, unstable environment. A mother whale, to allow her child to suckle, must roll onto her side and float near the choppy ocean surface so that the infant whale can breathe and feed. But they have no hands to hold onto each other, and the milk could easily just disperse through the seawater. So cetaceans have evolved the tongue-rolling ability to funnel milk and food directly into their mouths.
Homo sapiens, on the other hand, live on land and not only have the hands to hold onto each other when breast-feeding, but have the luxury of solid land, chairs, and women’s lounges - all much safer than the choppy ocean surface. So why do some individuals in the Homo sapiens population have the ability to tongue-roll? Most modern theories of evolution do not suggest that humans evolved from - for example - Sperm whales.
One hypothesis, fresh from the daydreaming minds of top genetics students, is that tongue-rolling does confer a fitness benefit under certain conditions. Beginning with the definition that ‘an entity’s reproductive success is its fitness,’ and coupling that with the cultural knowledge that Homo sapiens are more receptive to breeding under the influence of organic compounds with an -OH functional group (hereafter referred to as ‘alcohol’), we can design an experiment which tests if the Homo sapiens variant of tongue-rolling allows for more efficient consumption of alcohol.
Such an experiment could be conducted both in the field and under controlled laboratory conditions to filter out the effects of environment, or, ‘ambiance’. Researchers could conduct measurements and observations in restaurants with approved alcohol licenses, the homes of individuals volunteering for such a study, or certain destinations well-known for alcohol consumption. Factors to measure should include, but not be limited to: a) The individuals ability to tongue-roll. b) Amount of alcohol consumed. c) Time over which alcohol was consumed. d) Amount of alcohol spilled while in the process of drinking. Do not include spillage resulting from horseplay, or an intoxicated individual attempting to pour. e) If the individual engaged in reproductive behavior while still under the influence of alcohol.
Properly measured, these factors should clearly determine whether our hypothesis is true, and therefore, whether or not the tongue-rolling trait does confer any fitness benefits. Follow up studies on the tongue-rolling trait could perhaps explore other applications which might result in increased reproductive behavior, or perhaps whether the increased ability to consume alcohol adversely affected the offspring of tongue-rolling individuals. Social correlation might also be done to see if tongue-rolling only conferred benefits in populations that drank responsibly, and was perhaps canceled out by DUI accidents and other adverse effects in less responsible populations. Eventually, these studies should determine whether the tongue-rolling trait should be encouraged or excluded in the Homo sapiens population at large, and appropriate genetic manipulation techniques could be developed.
=> donc j'ai voté obiwan, vu qu'on précisait bien sucer son pouce (et je peux toucher que dalle avec ma langue)
