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Hiccups a holdover from when we had gills by Decius at 10:11 am EST, Feb 6, 2003
] But there is one group of animals in which the peculiar ] combination of the contraction of these muscles and the ] closure of the glottis does serve a clear purpose: ] primitive air breathers that still possess gills, such as ] lungfish, gar and many amphibians.
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Hiccups a holdover from when we had gills
by Rattle at 3:16 pm EST, Feb 6, 2003

] But there is one group of animals in which the peculiar
] combination of the contraction of these muscles and the
] closure of the glottis does serve a clear purpose:
] primitive air breathers that still possess gills, such as
] lungfish, gar and many amphibians.

Interesting. That also offers some explination as to why you get them when you are excited. Triggering when you need more oxygen. Shrug.

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