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08-04-2003, 12:16 PM | #21 |
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Het, someone resurrected an old thread of mine. Thanks for the info Jesse.
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08-05-2003, 04:17 AM | #23 |
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Surely it's obvious!!
Yawning is necessary to eliminate any imbalance between the air pressure in your eustachian tube and the ambient air pressure. This, of course, causes a minute change in the ambient air pressure, which means that other people now have to equalise by yawning!! |
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remarks on that.But I also wonder if the eyes of other species water when they yawn. I couldn't find any comments on that. As to why it is contagious pages 65 onwards have interesting stuff. |
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