Scintillating and inspirational is
what we ask science to be, to take mundane topics and on a weekly basis illuminate
our darkened corners with fresh light.
That, however will not be addressed today instead we shall
be addressing the pressing issue of bad smells, fish fart’s and the quite
serious topic of breast cancer welcome to today’s episode of Sci-Show.
Researchers from the University of South Florida have
recently discovered the first possible evidence of underwater non-mammalian flatulence. In a hope to map sounds over a large area the
researchers attached a hydrophone to the back of an autonomous gliders and
made it travel in a saw-tooth pattern through a column of water, sampling ocean
sounds for 25 seconds every 5 minutes.
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| Fish That Fart Also Smoke |
When the results returned at least 3 unknown biological
sounds suspected to be produced by fish were identified through analysis of the
sound files. Researchers have said
the probable
farts were most
likely a group of fish that mainly at night time release gas from an internal
buoyancy organ called a swim bladder.
So there you have it, fish may be farting in the worlds
ocean but only at night.
