# Hiccups

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hiccups/26121>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 19, 2000, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hiccups/26121 "2000-07-19T17:48:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2000, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hiccups/26121/1 "2000-07-19T17:48:19Z")

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Thinking after my previous topic: Do other animals hiccup besides humans?

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**Author:** ![Peppy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c37758/32.png) [@Peppy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peppy)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2000, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hiccups/26121/2 "2000-07-19T17:53:44Z")

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yup. my beagle get’s 'em from time to time. or least i think their hiccups. actually is it’s more a series of hic-burps. lasting up to 20 minutes sometimes

peppy

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**Author:** ![E\_Bailey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@E\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E_Bailey)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2000, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hiccups/26121/3 "2000-07-19T19:10:34Z")

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I don’t know about other animals, but human fetuses (feti?) sure do! The baby in my belly hiccoughs almost every day now. VERY cool. Which brings me to ask re: your other thread: why were you so concerned about your 4 month old hiccoughing?