drinking
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13 sectionsContents
- Methods of drinking
- In humans
- In other land mammals
- In birds
- In insects
- In marine life
- Hydration and dehydration
- Human water requirements
- Alcoholic beverages
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
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Drinking is the act of ingesting water or other liquids into the body through the mouth, proboscis, or elsewhere. Humans drink by swallowing, completed by peristalsis in the esophagus. The physiological processes of drinking vary widely among other animals.