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Are people born flexible?
Question Date: 2016-12-02
Answer 1:

Babies are born very flexible! We tend to lose our flexibility as we get older, but you can stretch everyday to keep your flexibility.


Answer 2:

Good question! Babies are much more flexible compared to adults because many of their bones haven’t completely fused together.


Answer 3:

Human skeletons have more cartilage when they are born than bone, and cartilage is more flexible than bone, if that's what you mean.



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