{{Short description|Act of controlled regurgitation}} [[File:Hadji Ali demonstrating controlled regurgitation Crisco edit.jpg|thumb|Hadji Ali, known for numerous acts of regurgitation]] '''Professional regurgitation''' is the act of controlled regurgitation. The act consists of swallowing and regurgitating various unusual objects. The objects may consist of anything from live animals (live aquatic: Mac Norton; and live mice: The Great Waldo),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehumanmarvels.com/the-great-waldo-the-regurgitating-geek/|title=Great Waldo act|website=Thehumanmarvels.com|accessdate=2009-01-14}}</ref> to light bulbs, billiard balls (Stevie Starr) and kerosene (Hadji Ali).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.damninteresting.com/hadji-ali-and-the-regurgitators|title=Hadji Ali act|website=Damninteresting.com|accessdate=2009-07-14}}</ref> The act also includes water spouting in which a performer will drink a large amount of fluids and regurgitate them in a controlled manner.<ref name="Christopher1991">{{cite book|author=Milbourne Christopher|title=Magic: A Picture History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5X5qlkwZo9oC&pg=PA10|date=23 September 1991|publisher=Courier Corporation|isbn=978-0-486-26373-1|pages=10–}}</ref>
Some magicians perform regurgitation as part of their act (for instance, Harry Houdini), but professional regurgitators may perform regurgitation exclusively. In some cases, there is debate as to whether demonstrations are true feats of regurgitation or "tricks". For example, Stevie Starr as part of his performance has swallowed an unsolved Rubik's Cube, then regurgitated a solved cube.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://daily.swarthmore.edu/2006/2/27/the-regurgitator-shocks-amazes-overjoys/|title=Swarthmore Daily Gazette account of Starr's act including Rubik's cube trick|website=Daily.swarthmore.edu|accessdate=2009-07-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.steviestarr.com/stevie_starrs_regurgitation_act.php|title=Description of act including Rubiks cube trick |website=StevieStarr.com|accessdate=2009-07-14}}</ref>
==See also== *Merycism also known as Rumination syndrome *Jacques de Falaise
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://hoaxes.org/weblog/comments/3985/ Steve Starr at museumofhoaxes.com] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20150827135815/http://www.damninteresting.com/retired/hadji-ali-and-the-regurgitators Hadji Ali at damninteresting.com]
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