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temujin9.t9productions.com
welcome to chasmology (actual name of yawn studies)
February 11, 2026 at 7:07 PM
ufbd.bsky.social
Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #420: Chasmology.
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#chasmology #yawning #yawn #sleep #science #biology #health #strangebuttrue #ignobelprize #ignobel #webcomics #comics #uselessfacts #uselessfactsbadlydrawn
Chasmology is the scientific study of yawning. This field has discovered that yawning is contagious, and that all vertebrates yawn, not just humans; but we still haven't figured out why we do it, or why it's contagious. Yawn...
March 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
hitchdied.bsky.social
I love Wikipedia
"Almost all vertebrate animals, including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and even fish, experience yawning. The study of yawning is called chasmology." Then a black and white picture of a yawning koala, 1936, it is extremely cute
September 16, 2026 at 12:38 AM
morewater.bsky.social
קאסמולוגיה (chasmology) הוא חקר הפיהוקים
January 10, 2024 at 7:42 AM
buzzandhum.bsky.social
TIL: "Chasmology" the study of yawning.
August 8, 2025 at 9:40 AM
mathiastck.bsky.social
Did you know almost all #vertebrate animals, including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and even fish, experience #yawning?

The study of yawning is called #chasmology!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yawn
Yawn - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
March 22, 2026 at 6:05 PM
sunehuma.bsky.social
coincidentally, I was reading the wikipedia page for "yawn" today at 3 am (🥲) and: did you know (1) there's a field of study dedicated to yawning and (2) it's called CHASMOLOGY
September 2, 2024 at 2:03 AM
e-mondragon.bsky.social
Sunday afternoon decisions: If I were to change areas of research, I should choose chasmology. Yep, definitely.
April 7, 2025 at 10:36 PM