• Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.works
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    27 days ago

    And it does that for both humans… And giraffes. Going from the brain, several meters down to the heart, then all the way back up to the larynx.

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      Isn’t that just a way to average latency to match up with the other limbs? Nerve connections aren’t instantaneous like electrical wires or fiber optics.

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        Your larynx isn’t really a limb… But nah, its an evolutionary artefact. In primordial fish it’s a straight line, but then the head moves, a neck forms, etc etc. and the nerve can’t detach and move over, so it gets longer wnd weirder.