If its basically a straight shot from your outer ear to the ear drum, how does water get ‘stuck’ in your ear after swimming?

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If its basically a straight shot from your outer ear to the ear drum, how does water get ‘stuck’ in your ear after swimming?

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The same way you can pick up water in a straw by submerging it, then plugging the top end with your finger and picking it out of the glass. It’s a straight shot down out of the straw, but because of the size of the straw, it’s a perfect tool to hold water, so long as there is no way for more air to enter in the top gap between your finger and the trapped water.

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