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From: callele@bnr-di.UUCP (David Callele)
Newsgroups: sci.misc,sci.bio
Subject: Re: A Sneeze (AH-choo!) Question
Summary: Take a look at the frogs!
Keywords: sneeze
Message-ID: <121@bnr-di.UUCP>
Date: 15 Apr 88 13:37:50 GMT
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Organization: DI, Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Ont.
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I have been told that the reason I (almost invariably) sneeze when I go out
into the sun is because I have descended from a frog. Actually, the eye
muscles that control the iris spasm and put pressure on the top of the
sinus cavities. This stimulates the sneeze response. I had it explained
to me as analogous to the way a frog swallows - you ever notice how their
eyes sink into their skulls to help push the food down? I was told that this
is a similar mechanism.

Who knows - maybe I was lied to?