swallowing, n.Trivia

Adult humans are the only mammal that can't breathe and swallow at the same time.

The blue whale can fit 100 people in its mouth but have such narrow throats that they cannot swallow any object wider than a beach ball.

The average person swallows 295 times during a meal

Birds need gravity to swallow

The northern leopard frog swallows its prey using its eyes — it uses them to help push food down its throat by retracting them into its head.

Frogs can't swallow with their eyes open