Why your ears are unique (and amazing!) | BBC Ideas

You might take your ears for granted, but the human ear is quite an extraordinary feat of evolution and design. Each of our lugholes is as individual as a fingerprint and we’ve found 14 different ways to pierce our ears, making our ears even more unique!

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[bbcideas]

If you enjoyed this, we've got another video like this... all about eyes! 👀 👉 👀

[LL]

Lovely! Very informative and inspiring video :)

[robertskolimowski]

The video as a whole is awesome, about the accent though - while it does sound nicely melodic and stuff, it's mostly appreciated by native English speakers, for non-native speakers it is... a nightmare, lol.

[stefannikola]

You didn’t mention the joy of ear nibbling.

[bailey_y]

I didn't know that one can wear 14 things in her/his ear. 👂👂

[jessepinkman]

Feels like the Voice of Stevie G !
Can't get more English 😂