I’m talking about the photograph where we see a French bulldog with practically no nose who won the Best in Show versus a French Bulldog that is reportedly healthier being raised by a breeder who wants a healthier standard for Bulldogs. How does the nose shape affect their health and breathing? Is there a similar thing in humans, where our respiratory health as a correlation to how our noses are shaped? How, if so?
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I’m not sure if you have ever seen a French bulldog (or a pug, or an English bulldog or a peckinese; they all have a flat snout) breathe before. Most of the are snorting and wheezing and feel like they have to put in extra labor just to breathe. Go watch them on YouTube. The squashed, tiny nose makes it harder for sufficient air to be transported into the lungs, kind of like how you’d have to inhale more often if you were breathing through a straw. Unfortunately, the squashed nose is seen as the perfect aesthetic for the dog, since they have been bred to have such a flat snout (compare it to almost all other dogs, who have a round or pointy snout), and thus is labeled a purebred, whereas a dog with a healthy nose might suggest “muddying” of the breed (aka it’s a mutt or has mixed bloodline) because them having a healthy nose is a trait that hasn’t been seen in years.
Humans don’t have this same problem. Yes, people of African origin have a flatter nose, but that doesn’t prevent them from breathing the way it does with a dog because of larger nostrils.
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