Enlarge / GREAT BRITAIN – JUNE 16: Cows feeding in a cattle pen, Dorset, United Kingdom. (Photo by Tim Graham/Getty Images) (credit: Getty | Tim Graham)
There are loads of interesting things to ask about the vast array of species that share this planet with us. But, needless to say, the most pressing one is: can they fire stink torpedoes out of their bums???
Finally, scientists on Twitter have heeded the call and are now compiling a database of the world’s gas-blasting species. They’ve catalogued the wind-breaking ways of more than 60 species and have the hashtag #DoesitFart to clear the air about additional critters.
Rats, bats, zebras, bearded dragons, seals, pupfish, bobcats, gray foxes, orangutans, and millipedes are all among those that can crop dust a room. Birds, on the other hand, only tweet out the front. And salamanders and marine invertebrates, like oysters, are toot-less.
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Source: Ars Technica – Does it fart? There’s now a database—and a hashtag—for that