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Why do we have tonsils?????

  • Written by Simon Carney, Professor of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, Flinders University
Why do we have tonsils?????If they are simply too large, your tonsils can be shrunk down using special instruments which remove the valleys and cryptsShutterstock

This is an article from Curious Kids, a series for children. The Conversation is asking kids to send in questions they’d like an expert to answer. You might also like the podcast Imagine This, a co-production...