Jackson's hiccup technique is described as "somewhat like a gulping for air or gasping". Some other defensive behaviors include gulping air and poking with the horns. They are noisy birds, especially at dawn and dusk, with a loud, gulping call. The eggs are hatched from the combined pressure of the hatchlings gulping air. Gulping down the tea, she talks of 'how horrible a kisser' he was. "Pipping", which is gulping for air at the water surface, could indicate severe respiratory distress. The names describe her as served by ghosts and as gulping blood. This gulping of air has no useful respiratory function. This pneumatic transfer of the product was known as Gulping.