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Also known as to drink

thumb|Statue drinking from a traditional waterskin|alt=Statue of a man drinking|upright=1.2 thumb|upright|A person drinking a glass of milk

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Contents
  • 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

thumb|Statue drinking from a traditional waterskin|alt=Statue of a man drinking|upright=1.2 thumb|upright|A person drinking a glass of milk

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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “drinking” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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