Finally some good news! Scientists are hard at work

[Thebobo]

building an animal fart database. I just got wind of this and unlike most washington post stories it does not stink.

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Do baboons fart? What about salamanders? Millipedes?

These questions sound like the sort Bart Simpson might have asked to derail science class. But real-life scientists are now taking to Twitter to provide answers. So far, they’ve created a hashtag — #DoesItFart — and a Google Spreadsheet that details the flatulence habits of more than 60 animals.

So, which animals cut the proverbial cheese? Tons, it turns out. Bats do, according to David Bennett, a PhD candidate at Queen Mary University of London. And the bigger they are, the harder they honk.

Rats, zebras and bearded dragons are also among Those Creatures That Fart. Birds, on the other hand, do not seem to have a biological need for passing gas, but they could let one rip, theoretically. Marine invertebrates such as oysters, mussels and crabs? Alas, they are whoopee-impaired.

 

[lxskllr]

My cat farts, and I swear to god I get narrow-eyed look back from her when she's on my chest, and she farts. I'm pretty sure I'm being trolled.

 

[Feneant2]

Our dog farts repeatedly... and every time he either sniffs his butt like 'did that come out of me?' or looks at us with a 'eww...you stink' look.

 

[sdifox]

I think it is Doctor Nefario.

 

[JTsyo]

I just got wind of this

I see what you did there.

Farts come from when microbes in the gut digest food material that the host couldn't, right? So I would think most animals would have gas but not all animals can contain the gas to release it as a fart though.