@bhmnscmm@lemmy.worldcake to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • 11 months agoTIL yawning is observed in almost all vertebrate animals and is "contagious" across species. There is no consensus on why yawning occurs.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up1582arrow-down110
arrow-up1572arrow-down1external-linkTIL yawning is observed in almost all vertebrate animals and is "contagious" across species. There is no consensus on why yawning occurs.en.wikipedia.org@bhmnscmm@lemmy.worldcake to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • 11 months agomessage-square50fedilink
minus-squarefrozenAlinkEnglish10•11 months agoMythbusters rated contagious yawns as plausible, I believe, because they observed multiple instances of yawns spreading throughout a building where the participants couldn’t see each other.
minus-square@Jebus@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglish2•11 months agoIts all pretty interesting to think about honestly! Hopefully we get an actual answer instead of just speculation!
Mythbusters rated contagious yawns as plausible, I believe, because they observed multiple instances of yawns spreading throughout a building where the participants couldn’t see each other.
Its all pretty interesting to think about honestly! Hopefully we get an actual answer instead of just speculation!