{"id":93504,"date":"2016-07-07T22:40:05","date_gmt":"2016-07-07T22:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/07\/07\/cracked-the-theory-is-that-hiccuping-is-a\/"},"modified":"2018-09-01T17:20:24","modified_gmt":"2018-09-01T17:20:24","slug":"cracked-the-theory-is-that-hiccuping-is-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/07\/07\/cracked-the-theory-is-that-hiccuping-is-a\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-93504 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/07\/07\/cracked-the-theory-is-that-hiccuping-is-a\/attachment\/93505\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/tumblr_o9wbpm1Qze1qz5q5lo1_1280-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/tumblr_o9wbpm1Qze1qz5q5lo1_1280-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/tumblr_o9wbpm1Qze1qz5q5lo1_1280-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/cracked.tumblr.com\/post\/147044560979\" target=\"_blank\">cracked<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The theory is that hiccuping is a remnant from an ancient stage of evolution. Namely, the moment where our great-great-great-great-ancestors under the sea took a look at the giant hellbeasts their aquatic living environment was riddled with and turned their gaze to the relatively horror-free land environment. The first obstacle they had to overcome was the whole issue with breathing. After a few attempts, they realized that they obviously couldn\u2019t just jump on land and go \u201cta-da!\u201d So they adapted by small steps. As evolution started to toy with the concept of \u201clungs,\u201d these creatures weren\u2019t ready to fully commit to breathing air and kept their gills, remaining amphibious.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Eventually, the gills went away \u2013 but <a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/5701952\/why-we-hiccup\" target=\"_blank\">a small remnant<\/a> of the system that operated them remains inside you even today, and every once in a while it goes \u201c<i>Oh shit, I can\u2019t breathe<\/i>!\u201d and gasps for air for a while before it remembers that it technically doesn\u2019t exist.<\/p>\n<p>So the next time you get a nasty case of hiccups, cherish your ancestry \u2013 it\u2019s just this guy waving from the annals of history.<\/p>\n<h2><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cracked.com\/article_19913_5-insane-explanations-stuff-your-body-does-every-day.html?wa_user1=1&amp;wa_user2=Science&amp;wa_user3=article&amp;wa_user4=companion\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>5 Insane Explanations for Stuff Your Body Does Every Day<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/b><\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>cracked: The theory is that hiccuping is a remnant from an ancient stage of evolution. Namely, the moment where our great-great-great-great-ancestors under the sea took a look at the giant hellbeasts their aquatic living environment was riddled with and turned their gaze to the relatively horror-free land environment. The first obstacle they had to overcome &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/07\/07\/cracked-the-theory-is-that-hiccuping-is-a\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[5419,4],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93504"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93504"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93506,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93504\/revisions\/93506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}