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Question: do cats burp? More generally, what other mammals are able to?

Talk pages are not for asking questions. Try the reference desk. JFW | T@lk 23:59, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Well, if someone can answer the question here, then that information could be added to the article. PeepP 17:46, August 14, 2005 (UTC)

I cannot burp. Never have. The only way I can expel trapped air/gasses is by waiting for at least an hour after I last ate and drank and then stick my fingers right down my throat forcing me to retch. I'd love to know why.

Contents 1 farting & burping 2 Unhealthy? 3 "Compliments to the chef" disputed 4 Cardia or cricopharingeal sphincter? 5 Non-functional Link

[edit] farting & burping

There's a vote on Talk:Flatulence about moving the page to "fart" (just like this page is burp instead of eructation). Let the world know how you feel! -69.110.21.188

Please restrict comments on this page to a discussion of *this* article. Ziggurat 22:20, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

Some people don't call farting farting. Take my mom for example. Flatulencece, very good name.

[edit] Unhealthy?

I've heard rumors that over-burping can be unhealthy. A section should be added to the article about the issue. I'll add if I find anything. --UVnet 04:25, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

The way I heard it, 'burp-talking' or forcing air repeatedly up and down through the esophageal valve is likely to pick up a bit of acid each time, and over time erode the poor thing til it can't do its job anymore. I used to make myself burp for fun all the time, now I have chronic heartburn.

[edit] "Compliments to the chef" disputed

I doubt the validity of the passage "in Saudi Arabia, Japan, and many other countries, burping after a meal is considered a compliment to the chef", since I know for a fact that this is definitely not true for Japan. This might be simple rumor or stereotype, as in reality it is considered as much a taboo in polite company as in the Western world.

I agree. Sources would be good for any of these (when I added it I believe it referred only to the Middle East, but people have been slowly adding countries ever since), pending which I'll remove it entirely. Ziggurat 08:57, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cardia or cricopharingeal sphincter?

The article says that the sound of burping is caused by the vibration of the cardia, the lower esophageal sphincter connecting the esophagus and the stomach. Is this true? As a personal experience, I do not feel the mouth of my stomach vibrate when I burp; instead, I feel the gas come up in my esophagus to neck level, and when I actually burp, that zone inside my neck is what vibrates.

The esophagus also has an upper sphincter, that is the cricopharingeal sphincter. That is exactly where I feel the vibration. I would modify the article myself to reflect that, but I'm waiting for someone with actual medical experience to reply, since I cannot prove it nor deny it (I'd have to perform an endoscopy on myself while I'm burping to do that) and I may be wrong.

Devil Master, 19 Mar 2006, 19:22 (MET)

It does seem unlikely that the cardia are vibrating, as they necessarily have to snap shut very quickly following the release of gas in order to prevent stomach acid refluxing (see [1]: "As the fluid level in the fundus of the stomach rose toward the sphincter with escape of the gas, the sphincter snapped shut just in time to prevent the escape of gastric contents"), but I can't find any references to what is actually vibrating. Esophageal speech seems to indicate vibration in the upper esophagus too... Ziggurat 01:07, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

The first of the external links seems to confirm that the cardia does not vibrate. It mentions supragastric belching, defined as: gas from the oesophagus that never made it down to the stomach. And if the gas never reaches the stomach, it cannot make the cardia vibrate. Devil Master, 20 Mar 2006, 19:43 (MET)

[edit] Non-functional Link

The link to "Cow Methane Production" does not work anymore.

Does anyone know where the article can be found again? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Barakitty (talk • contribs) 05:10, 11 February 2008 (UTC)