Why do we instinctively put our fingers in our mouth after we’ve touched something hot?

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Or after we’ve hurt it with blunt force trauma.

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Moisture decreases the skin temperature once we remove the digit, which helps to construct the blood vessels reducing swelling?

Now that’s a guess but if the behavior sprung from an evolutionary survival instinct I’d think that’s the one.

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