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Because we eat and breath through the same tube
by candiddevmike 4y ago
Because we eat and breath through the same tube
- _justinfunk 4y agoThere are two tubes.
- p1esk 4y agoEvolution came up with the shared eating/breathing tube design because it made sense for aquatic animals (from which we evolved).
- KineticLensman 4y agoThe trachea and oesophagus both start in the common space of the pharynx. The epiglottis stops food going down the wrong one
- hackernewds 4y agowe don't. which is why we choke and hiccup