This is what your tongue really looks like

One for the bodily curious.

This is what your tongue looks like working away in real-time.

Admittedly this guy in no Gene Simmons and his words are from a far-off land.

The unique insight was captured by MRI-guru Jens Frahm of theMax Planck Institute for Biophysical ChemistrMax Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistr, and is the first time we've seen the wonders of the lips, tongue, mouth, pharynx (not an Egyptian ruler, the membrane lined cavity behind the nose and mouth) and larynx in action.