#DoesItFart Is Trending On Twitter And It's The Best Of The Science Community
The internet is a beautiful, wonderful place that birthed the #DoesItFart movement. Daniella Rabaiotti, a student at the Zooological Society of London, asked Twitter if snakes fart. Normally, tweeting is like shouting into the Grand Canyon, hoping someone heard you; fortunately for Rabaiotti, someone did. Nick Caruso, a student at the University of Alabama, started compiling a spreadsheet of animals that fart. Crowd-sourced from scientists all over the world, Rabaiotti and Caruso have written what is certainly the only authority on animal flatulence, the aptly named book Does It Fart?
The animal fart Twitter challenge proved educational and hilarious. Families tweeted about buying the book for kids, and scientists got way too into #DoesItFart. Some fart facts aren't surprising - we all know how stinky human toots can be, and our dogs are not so innocent, either. But why are guinea pig farts so noxious? Tapirs fart a lot, and chimp farts are worst when they eat figs. Who knew?
It's good to see the world's most brilliant scientific minds engaging in the life-changing magic of #DoesItFart.
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Yet Another Reason To Love Sloths
I already loved sloths, but today I learned they may be the only mammals that don't fart. #TetZooCon #DoesItFart
— Ralph from Cake Boss (@CakeBossRalph) October 21, 2017 - 211 VOTES
Squirrels Can Clear A Room
Flatulence in animals is a hot topic of research.. apparently squirrel-based farts are the worst #DoesItFart https://t.co/nqeEeVu2hb
— WALTHAM (@waltham_science) October 27, 2017 - 37 VOTES
This Salamander Illustration Is Everything
Attn: There are #salamanders featured in #DoesItFart
— Nick Caruso (@PlethodoNick) October 24, 2017
Dont know how they would look when farting but pretty sure @Blackmudpuppy captured it pic.twitter.com/isziUc3Wcg - 49 VOTES
Shellfish Taste Great But Their Farts Smell Really Bad
@DaniRabaiotti did you include shellfish in your farts book? #DoesItFart https://t.co/du7MS6RihW
— SCB - Europe Section (@SCBEurope) October 22, 2017 - 58 VOTES
And Another Reason To Hate Termites
#SundayMorningFact from #DoesItFart: 'TERMITES (?) produce around 5 to 19 per cent of methane emissions globally (0.27 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions)' @DaniRabaiotti
— Sicily Fiennes (@sicilyfiennes) December 3, 2017
M I N D B L O W N - 610 VOTES
Apparently, Sea Lion Farts Are Pretty Intense
On a scale from bird to sea lion farts, #DoesitFart the book is most definitely sea lion farts https://t.co/VCym1SZv67
— Nick Caruso (@PlethodoNick) November 20, 2017