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In moments of extreme emotion why do we almost always put our hands over our mouth?

Asked by Dutchess_III (46830points) May 9th, 2018

This video shows it. This was extreme happiness. But watching 9/11 clips we’re feeling extreme horror…and we put our hands to our mouths. Why do we do this? Do the other great apes do this too?

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