• 5too@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Bonus bonus: a blue whale’s throat is so small it could choke to death on a grapefruit.

    I’m sure their throat can be blocked that way; but if they can’t breathe through their mouth anyway, is it actually choking? Or just terminally blocked?

    • MisanthropiCynic@lemm.ee
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      2 days ago

      Fair point. I didn’t even consider the ramifications of wording it like that instead of just saying it has a small throat. I tend to use analogies a lot