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13 Essential Animal Yawns, and How to Do Them
A short but vital guide to yawning the way Mother Nature intended.
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4 min readSep 26, 2019
The Classic
This is a great basic yawn to start with. Just close your eyes, open your mouth wide, stretch your tiny furry arms behind your head, and wait for the copious amount of leaves, stems, pith, and shoots that you had for lunch to digest.
The Hakuna Matata
Close your eyes, stick your foot-long, sandpaper-like tongue all the way out of your mouth, and then sleep for as much as 18–20 hours. Repeat every day.
The Delicate Yawn
Gently allow your sharp, scissorlike beak to come slowly apart (if it helps, imagine that you are about to devour a fieldmouse whole), close your eyes, and think of something peaceful (such as devouring a fieldmouse whole).
