Do rabbits fart?

Quite simply – yes. In fact, nearly all animals do, as it’s a necessary part of digesting food.

Nearly all animals?

Well, almost. If by ‘fart’ you mean ‘release gas from the gut’, then all animals with guts will, in fact, fart. Insects, fish, lizards, snakes, cats, dogs, mice, elephants . . . almost any creature you can think of. In fact, the only ones that don’t fart are those that didn’t evolve guts – like sponges, jellyfish and some types of worm. Guts are for taking in food and plopping out waste products, and these animals either absorb food through the surface of their bodies, or eat and poo through the same hole.

Gross. I think I’d rather have guts.

Absolutely. But then you have no choice but to fart. As food is digested in the gut, gases are made from the chemical reactions inside. So it’s either fart or starve for most animals. Including us.

Really?! You mean you have to fart? That’s brilliant!

Well, again, that depends on what you mean by ‘fart’. If you mean ‘release gas from your bottom’, then, yes – you have to.. It’s happening all the time, whether you like it or not. But if you mean ‘trumpet loudly and award yourself a mark out of ten’, then no – this isn’t strictly necessary.

Curses. So farts are just food gas from our guts, then?

Well, that’s not the whole story. Most animals (including us) also have bacteria living in their guts that release more gases as they, too, break down food. Many animals – particularly plant-eaters like rabbits – couldn’t live without these bacteria in their guts. For land animals, some fart gas also comes from air swallowed with food accidentally. All this gas has to go somewhere, so it gets pushed along with the food to the animal’s bottom . . . and you know the rest. Of course, some animals fart more than others.

OK – which ones? I have to know...

Some animals produce so much fart gas that it spreads around the planet’s atmosphere and plays a role in global warming. Scientists used to think cows were one of the worst for this, but it turns out that it’s probably their burps, rather than their farts, that do it. Termite farts, on the other hand, produce more methane (one of the gases involved in global warming) than all of our cars, planes and factories put together! The termites can’t help this, of course. It’s because they need more of those gut bacteria than most animals in order to digest their woody diet. But it has earned them the number one spot in our Top 10 animals that fart list. The rest are in no particular order, other than how stinky I’ve found them to be.

Top 10 animals that fart

1. Termites
2. Camels
3. Zebras
4. Sheep
5. Cows
6. Elephants
7. Labradors/Retrievers
8. Humans (vegetarian)
9. Humans (others)
10. Gerbils

Сокращенный, но не очень грамотный перевод для наших друзей в России
бходимой частью переваривание продовольствия.

Почти все животные?

Да, почти. Если Пук это непроивльное явления 'выпустить газ из кишок', то все животные с кишками пердятю Пердят  насекомые, рыбы, ящерицы, змеи, кошки, собаки, мыши, слоны.. почти любое существо, вы можете думать о.

В самом деле только те, которые не пердят являются те, которые не развиваются кишки – такие как губки, медузы и некоторые типы червя. Кишки предназначены для принятия в продуктах питания и вывода отходов производства, и эти животные поглощать продовольствия через поверхность их тела и выпускаю отходы также.

Ну это не вся история. Большинство животных (включая нас) также имеют бактерий, живущих в их кишках, которые выделяют дополнтельное количество  в процессе переваривания продовольствия.

Самые большие пердуны среди животных

Термиты

Верблюды

Зебры

Овцы

Коровы

Слоны

Лабрадоры-Ретриверы

Люди вегетарианцы

Люди

Пердите сами, пердите с нами, пердите громче нас!

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Fish Farts in Japanese Fart Scrolls.

I was doing research for another post a while back, and found something a bit…unusual. It was an old Japanese scroll about farting.

No, you didn’t misread that last sentence. The whole scroll, which is called He-Gassen (“The Fart Battle”) is just about people farting. Farting at other people, farting at cats, farting off of horses, farting into bags; just farting everywhere.

Why? I couldn’t really tell you. I’ve tried to do some research but, believe it or not, academic literature on Japanese farting is surprisingly few and far between.

I found some relevant articles on my old university’s academic databases, but the only way I could obtain them would be to request them printed out and go pick them up. Which, you know, isn’t something I really want to do.

I can only imagine what it would be like if I went back to school to pick up my fart literature:
“Hi, how can we help you?”
“I’m here to pick up some articles I put on hold.”
“Sure, what are they about?”
“Well, they’re, um, about farting.”
“…”

I did find out enough to know that this isn’t the only farting scroll out there in existence – in fact, in the 90s, a collection of fart scrolls sold for $1,500 at the famous Christie’s auction house. I am not making this up.

I also found out that the famous uikyo-e artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi also dabbled in fart art, painting a piece depicting dudes farting at each other.

Perhaps the greatest piece of this farting scroll is a giant panorama of four dudes farting into a building, and the chaos ensuing within. Click on the picture below for the full-sized version because really, it’s not something you wanna miss out on.

In the end, I think I tried to read too far into this. I kept expecting to find some deep cultural explanation as to why these guys made whole scrolls about farting. But I think it really just boils down to one universal truth: farts are funny.

We can pretend that our senses of humor are more sophisticated than that, but let’s face it: when somebody lets one rip, you’re going to chuckle.

And, as if this wasn’t enough, we made a video for this too. Conspiracy? Maybe. Aliens? Definitely.

As far as the bouquet of smells that can be generated by consumption of dead fish and partially fermented soy beans, we are leaving it to your olphactory imagination!

Fart King v The King of FartAngels

Fart King is a member of society who constantly rip farts on a level beyond the average person. Fart Kings often take pride in being able to ass whistle so often, and as such, they proudly fill the air with their custom flatulence. Although some will suggest that Fart King's get their crown for the overall frequency of their anal expulsions, this is but a myth. In fact, a Fart King should be given his/her title for their frequency as well as their consistency, decibel volume, and last but not least, their custom odor. A Fart King will often drop bean blowers that not only wreak but also have an appalling pitch and a distracting audible volume. It is these factors which combine to truly give someone the title. Of course, it is difficult to crown a Fart King globally, or even state wide, instead it is encouraged to crown Fart Kings within your own social circles. Fart King is a professional admired for his/her ability to generate consistent, smelly, and loud barking brownies.                                                                               # Your humble Propriator is The King of FartAngels ---the one and only Supreme Fart Leader of the global community of FartAngels (please see the mission statement in the heading of this blog) who's daily good will farts allow Smelly Little Angels (SLA) to Get their Wings. On those rare occasions, when SLA is not released, organic strawberries are farted out. We are farting with you, for you, and instead of you!