As far as I know, the purpose of yawning isn’t really understood, but it’s present in nearly all land vertebrae. Maybe it’s a universal bug in the breathing animation code.

  • JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee
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    2 days ago

    You actually breath less when you sleep, so you yawn when you wake up to transition to a higher breathing state