The Longest Tongue Ever

Meet The Girl With A Lizard-Like Tongue, Twice Longer Than Average Tongue

Chanel Tapper, a student from California, USA, has the world’s longest tongue, measuring 9.75 cm (3.8 in), from tip to top lip.
Her lizard-like tongue is twice as long as the average, as long as the world’s largest cockroach, as wide as your palm, the same volume as a quarter pounder hamburger and around the same length as an iPhone.
She shared a few details of her life in an interview with Guinness World Records.
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What do you do for a living? What’s a typical day for you in your hometown?
I am a full-time student and I work part-time. I just moved to Houston, Texas, so I’m still adjusting, but in my hometown, there is no typical day.
I love to go out so I can be anywhere at any given time.
When did you first realize that your tongue was longer than average? What happened?
I was eight and my mom and I were taking pictures for Halloween.

In one of the pictures, we stuck our tongues out. I noticed I had a long tongue when the pictures from Halloween were printed and I saw it…but I guess it became apparent in middle school when people started commenting on it.
Why I stuck my tongue out at people, I don’t know… I’m goofy! But there are still some people from back then that only remember me because of my tongue!
What reaction do you get from people when they see it?

For most people, it’s a jaw-dropping experience. It’s like they don’t believe what they see and nine out of ten times, they’ll ask me to do it again.