# Ear wiggling **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 24, 2001, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ear-wiggling/69926 "2001-06-24T01:51:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rattlehead02](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rattlehead02/32/3944_2.png) [@Rattlehead02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rattlehead02)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2001, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ear-wiggling/69926/1 "2001-06-24T01:51:59Z")
Ok, this is kinda dumb, but I have to ask… I know most people can wiggle there ears, but I can wiggle each ear separatly. I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone who can do this. I know many people who can raise one eyebrow, but no one with my special gift. Am I a freak or are there other dopers out there with this special gift from God? Gilded ---
**Author:** ![Sylkyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Sylkyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylkyn)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2001, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ear-wiggling/69926/2 "2001-06-24T01:55:04Z")
I can wiggle both ears. Like you said, no biggie. My dad could do what you describe, and so could a friend of mine that went to school with me. It was quite amusing to watch. Never did master that little trick, though. Guess I wasn’t patient enough. ---
**Author:** ![Rattlehead02](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rattlehead02/32/3944_2.png) [@Rattlehead02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rattlehead02)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2001, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ear-wiggling/69926/3 "2001-06-24T01:59:37Z")
Its weird, cause I never practiced or anything. Its just something I’ve always been able to do. I guess it means I’m one of the chosen few who should be bowed before and worshipped 😉 Gilded ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Bird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Little\_Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Bird)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2001, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ear-wiggling/69926/4 "2001-06-24T03:35:12Z")
I can wiggle both my ears separately. I trained myself to do it when I was a kid. I can pinpoint the moment I decided to do it; I was at Target… I can also touch my tongue to my nose. I’m facially talented, I guess. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Carina42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Carina42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carina42)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2001, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ear-wiggling/69926/5 "2001-06-24T03:38:08Z")
I can wiggle my right ear independently of my left, but not the other way around. Same with my nostrils. FWIW ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2001, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ear-wiggling/69926/6 "2001-06-24T07:39:24Z")
I can wiggle my ears separately or together (my right better than my left, though). I can wiggle my nose two different ways. I can turn my tongue over both to the right and to the left. I can undulate my eyebrows. And I can leap tall buildings with the aid of a helicopter, a bungie cord, and twenty feet of foam rubber landing pad. Pretty cool, huh? ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2001, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ear-wiggling/69926/7 "2001-06-24T11:39:55Z")
I can. Never got me any chicks, though, so what’s the use? ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2001, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ear-wiggling/69926/8 "2001-06-24T12:55:13Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by GildedLily \* > \*\* > I know most people can wiggle there ears_\* They can? Dang, I don’t even feel my ears unless I touch them or they hurt or something. _tries to wiggle them_ nope, nothing. How do you know that _most_ people can wiggle them? I’ve never actually met anyone who can. I just need to know if I’m the freak or if the rest of you are. 😉