People that can wiggle their ears, how???

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People that can wiggle their ears, how??? - Lemmy.World

Jaw muscles. They extend up past the ear and over the head.
Not exactly wiggling the ears, but the stuff around it.
So you’re flexing your jaw muscles?
Yes. But not the “main” jaw muscle that gives up/down biting force. It’s the ones that let you move your jaw side-to-side and forward/back. Especially the forward/back ones.
That’s interesting, I use a totally different set of muscles (that control my eyes/forehead) to wiggle my ears, the jaw muscles don’t move at all! So you are wiggling from the bottom I take it while I am wiggling from the top. Going to see if I can out both!
Finally found out I use the anterior auricular muscle. There are various vestigial muscles around the ear, but this is the one I ended up training.
Anterior auricular muscle - Wikipedia