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gph 6:31 Wed Apr 4
Birds don't fart
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According to Dani Rabiotti (reviewed in New Scientist)
Wind in the willows
When zoologist Dani Rabaiotti’s teenage brother asked her whether snakes fart, she was stumped. So she asked on Twitter, and snake expert David Steen informed her that they do. Soon, the internet was abuzz with enquiries about animal flatulence, adorned with the hashtag #doesitfart? A year later, Rabaiotti has co-authored a book titled Does It Fart?, offering an definitive guide to animals’ rear-end gas emissions, which goes on sale in the US this week. Here are a few things it tells us.
• Rabbits can suffer from a gas build-up called intestinal stasis, which can quickly become fatal if the gas isn’t released properly.
• When startled, zebras begin to run and the motion propels gas from their body, causing them to fart loudly with each stride.
• An insect called the beaded lacewing farts on its prey, termites, to stun and kill them.
• There are nearly 10,000 species of bird, but none of them fart.
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Lily Hammer
3:04 Fri Apr 6
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I swear my Mrs could end the energy crisis, if we could learn to harness the gas she releases. If it’s just us, she knows no shame. As sadistic as any bloke.
I should have known.....I’ll share......Immediately after the very first time we made love, in an Oslo apartment, back in July 1997, before saying anything else, I held up my hand and said “Pull my finger.”
All innocent ignorance, she pulled. I let rip, impressively. She burst out laughing. Deep down, I then knew we would make a family and live happily ever after.
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jakehammer
2:11 Fri Apr 6
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what a great thread, you lot have had me giggling like a schoolgirl.
thanks for that LOL.
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Bullet
9:10 Thu Apr 5
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Interesting geep, maybe because they defecate between 15 and 50 times per day depending to size. Helps them fly apparently. Although they can be potty trained.
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yngwies Cat
8:43 Thu Apr 5
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Sure Bill Odie has something to say about this..BILL!!
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joyo
4:08 Thu Apr 5
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Bet it was a brass, even so I can fully understand why she shit herself and was embarrassed to be in the room with you. Still makes a change from having a chick with a dick you fat scumbag
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Private Dancer
3:54 Thu Apr 5
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I was with an ex-bird once, was in our hotel room and I went for a leak, for some reason she thought I'd left the room and she left off a rasberry..I actually felt for her when I emerged from the shitter, embarrassed would be an understatement.
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Chigwell
3:49 Thu Apr 5
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Dogs fart but silently. Because we stand upright our anuses have to have a much tighter seal, hence we blow a raspberry.
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Dr Moose
10:34 Thu Apr 5
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Troy McClure 6:47 Wed Apr 4
I literally cried with laughter at your second paragraph, thank you.
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Tomshardware
10:32 Thu Apr 5
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BIrds poo and urinate at the same time.
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BRANDED
10:29 Thu Apr 5
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Seems surprising due to their diet. Surely the break down of the food would produce methane?
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normannomates
3:57 Thu Apr 5
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Call me old fashioned..
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SilverSurfer
3:01 Thu Apr 5
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There are nearly 10,000 species of bird, but none of them fart.
does that include fanny farts?
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claret on my shirt
7:20 Wed Apr 4
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my cat farts, stinks worse than me and that's some stink
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Chip Shop Charlie
7:19 Wed Apr 4
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Mrs Chip-Shop does 'love puffs' or so she says.
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Troy McClure
6:47 Wed Apr 4
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My missus still acts surprised and apologies when she lets a little one go. We’ve been married 12 years.
I on the other hand comment, rate and congratulate myself about a dozen times a day
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