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That's the question some scientists are confronting in regards to all sorts of animals. The answer in regards to snakes, for example, is a surprising yes!
Oysters and mussels? No!
Termites? Yes!
Below are links to a spreadsheet that the public can interact with (and it contains a whole bunch of animals with yes, no maybe responses in regards to expelling gas) and a link to an article on the fart study.
I can only speak on behalf of my dog, a German Shepherd cross, who absolutely lets 'em rip from time to time. I hear 'em and I smell 'em. Not pleasant!
The funniest ones are when he's lying down and he squeaks one out then lifts his head and looks at his backside as if to ask, "Did I do that? Is everything okay back there?"
Spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19gMMn4Wmw3BNLWMojEy7kgrjnjVB2JlMSwd1s-nYyUc/edit?usp=sharing
Article:
http://gizmodo.com/brilliant-scientists-are-compiling-a-database-of-fartin-1791019159
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)ret5hd
(20,491 posts)Honey Badger don't give a shit.
hibbing
(10,097 posts)True Dough
(17,303 posts)Just air!
Sanity Claws
(21,846 posts)I hope that is not too much information.
True Dough
(17,303 posts)I just checked the spreadsheet. Butterflies do indeed fart, so your secret was already out!
Sanity Claws
(21,846 posts)That made me laugh.
I wonder if the farts propel them in flight.
True Dough
(17,303 posts)And are butterfly farts any more or less "powerful" than those of caterpillars, or are they equivalent?
So many windy questions!
MicaelS
(8,747 posts)For others. As to me I love to fart.
True Dough
(17,303 posts)Just a little typo, that's all!