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11th November 06, 05:05 PM
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[entomologist hat on]
Actually, a more approximate analogy would be bugs hiccupping, as the abdominal spiracles are linked to the respiratory bronchi, but hiccups are caused by an involuntary muscular contraction ...
[entomologist hat off]
... and the pneumatics involved in both actions (piping and hissing) are similar, but no, that's not an analogy that I would use either.
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