How long does it take for a giraffe to swallow?

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asked Mar 27, 2020 in Other- Pets by ander5666 (400 points)
How long does it take for a giraffe to swallow?

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answered Mar 27, 2020 by Shelde (49,390 points)
The length of time that it takes for a giraffe to swallow food or water is around 5 to 10 seconds.

Since the giraffe has a longer neck than humans and other animals do it takes a bit longer for the food or water to be swallowed fully and go down the long throat and into the stomach.

However it doesn't take much longer as gravity helps pull the food or water down the long neck nearly as fast a human would swallow.

Once the giraffe actually swallows the food or water the food or water makes it's way down the throat and the gravity pulls the food or water on down the throat.

So it only takes at most 10 to 15 seconds for the food or water that the giraffe drinks or eats to make it's journey down the throat and into the stomach.

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