Question

Many tongues have been injured by licking a piece of metal on a very cold day. Why would no harm result if a piece of wood were licked on the same day?
@Abhisar

Answer 1

ah, because by licking wood, there is a less likely of a chance that your tongue will freeze to it on a cold day

Answer 2

why ?

Answer 3

because wood does not freeze the same way metal does and when something warm such as your tongue touches a cold piece pf wood your tongue will not stick to it that it one of the reasons they use wood for popsicle sticks

Answer 4

No, it's a myth

Answer 5

nothing to do with stickiness

Answer 6

what part is a myth

Answer 7

Metal is a good conductor of heat whereas wood is bad conductor. So when u lick a cold metal stick or something then it will rapidly suck the heat/warmth of delicate blood vessels present in the tongue. This will cause a frostbite and injure ur tongue

Answer 8

If u lick the wooden stick it will not conduct heat, so the tongue will be unharmed

Answer 9

my step daughter has gotten her tongue stuck to a metal gate post here because she licked it and it was cold outside (winter) and we had to use warm water to get it off and she had a few sores on her tongue

Answer 10

ok so the myth is licking wood will not injure the tongue at all because wood is not a conductor of heat

Answer 11

yep !!

Answer 12

got it

Answer 13

Cold metal sticks to tongue because it freezes the(thin) layer of saliva that coats your tongue. So you now have a layer of ice between your tongue and the object, and both your tongue and the object are stuck to the layer of ice.

Answer 14

right