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1 | Scientific name | Does it Fart? | Description/Notes | Paper/Link | Verified by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | African wild dogs | Lycaon pictus | Yes | Any self respecting canine does | @DaniRabaiotti | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Aliens | Maybe | @chrislintott | * | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | American Badger | Taxidea taxus | Maybe | Elbroch (2003) describes badger scat as rancorous (can confirm); assume fart | @biologistimo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Ammonite | Ammonoidea | No | molluscs don't fart- would like to question inking as farting in extant cephs | @NadWGab | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Arachnids | Arachnida | Maybe | Assumed as yes, but never really been proven | @SS_Henriques | ** | |||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Baboons | Yes | @Cassie_Raby | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Bats | Yes |  | @hammerheadbat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Bearded Dragon | Pogona vitticeps | Yes | @lizardschwartz | * | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Birds | No | But they could if they wanted to | http://www.popsci.com/environment/article/2009-05/it-true-birds-cant-fart | @thelabandfield | * | |||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Black Spinytail Iguana | Ctenosaura similis | Yes | Seems to occur more frequently when less insect/animal protein is consumed and higher quantities of fruit/fiber are eaten | personal observations | @squamatasci | * | ||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Blue mussels | Mytilus edulis | No | @CarinaDSLR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Bobcats | Lynx rufus | Hell Yes | Squirrel-based farts are THE WORST. | @NatickBobCat, @biologistimo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Bristle worms | Polychaetes | No | @_glitterworm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Burchell's zebra | Equus quagga burchellii | Yes | That's what they do best! | @FattebertJ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Burmese python | Python molurus | Yes | Often silent but deadly. Thick, and...meaty? If it were a color it would be brownish-yellow. | anecdotal & personal observations | @SssnakeySci | |||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | Camel | Yes | @cat_murray | * | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | Cheetah | Acinonyx jubatus | Yes | @hmk_oneill | ** | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | Chimpanzees | Pan troglodytes | Yes | @Adriana_lowe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | Cockroaches | Periplaneta americana | Yes | http://aem.asm.org/content/57/9/2628.short; http://www.pnas.org/content/91/12/5441.full.pdf | @HereBeSpiders11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Colobine monkeys | Trachypithecus, Colobus etc. | Yes | @pakasuchus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | Common whelks | Buccinum undatum | No | @CarinaDSLR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | Copperhead | Agkistrodon contortrix | Yes | Elicits a small squeak, so small that you think you may be mistaken...until it hits you. Very dry and feral, with a slight hint of stale Copperhead musk. | anecdotal & personal observations | @SssnakeySci | |||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | Domestic cat | Felis catus | Yes | Seems to worsen in vicinity of human face. Silent but deadly | @Captain_Herder @Scare | * | |||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | Domestic goat | Yes | but burps are worse | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | Domestic hedgehogs | Atelerix albiventris | Yes | Fish makes it so much worse | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
27 | Domestic pigs | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
28 | Domestic sheep | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | Domesticated Dogs | Canis lupus familiaris | Yes | but often takes blame from nearby hominid, Boston Terriers are famous for their farting; known to scare selves with their farts | @brianwolven, @CarinaDSLR et al | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | Elephants | Yes | @AdityaGangadh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
31 | European oysters | Ostrea edulis | No | @CarinaDSLR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
32 | Fancy goldfish | Yes | @indik | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
33 | Freshwater mussels | Unionidae | No | They do enjoy expelling pseudofeces | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
34 | Frogs | Yes | Pyxicephalus adspersus and Ceratophrys sp frogs both can and do fat quite often and rather pungently. (Frogs have weak sphincters, unconfimed if audible) | @MarkScherz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
35 | Crested Geckos | Corellophus ciliatus | Yes | Individual named Tangerine farted before defecting. | @MarkScherz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
36 | Giraffe | Hell Yes | At "face height" of the average man | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
37 | Gorillas | Gorilla gorilla | Yes | See orangutans | @mjcreid, @diana_monkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
38 | Gray Fox | Urocyon cinereoargenteus | Yes | Heard under general anesthesia, assume possible while awake | @biologistimo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
39 | Green Iguana | Iguana iguana | Yes | personal observations of captive Green Iguana | @squamatasci | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
40 | Grizzly bear | Ursus arctos | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
41 | Guinea Pigs | Cavia porcellus | Yes | Several examples heard every day, very audible and stinks to high heaven | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
42 | Herring | Clupea spp. | Yes | Entire bays are filled with their farts. Used for communication | http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/11/1110_031110_herringfarts.html, http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/271/Suppl_3/S95 | @CarolineHFox, @gkalinkat | * | ||||||||||||||||||||||
43 | Horse | Yes | @tecklen | * | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
44 | Humans | Homo sapiens | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
45 | Isopods (marine and terrestrial) | Cirolana harfordi,Porcellio scaber and Idotea resecata | Yes | Excrete ammonia | Kirby P.K. & Harbaugh R.D. (1974) Diurnal patterns of ammonia release in marine and terrestrial isopods. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Physiology 47, 1313-1322. | Kim Kennedy, MSc. | * | ||||||||||||||||||||||
46 | Lagomorphs | Lagomorpha spp. | Yes | fav joke here "what's invisible, floats through the air, and smells like bunnies?" | @thonoir | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
47 | Lemurs | Lemuroidea spp. | Yes | @thonoir | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
48 | Lion | Panthera leo | Yes | At least sedated ones. | @FattebertJ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
49 | Manatees | Yes | near constantly | @indik | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
50 | Mastodon | No | Not anymore | @edorsatum | * | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
51 | Millipedes | wide variety, see attached paper | Yes | Yes, of the silent but deadly variety (methane AND hydrogen sulfide!) | http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0102659 | @HereBeSpiders11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
52 | Moonsnails | Naticidae | No | @biolumiJEFFence | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
53 | Mustelids | Mustelidae spp. | Yes | @thonoir | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
54 | Orangutan | Yes | They do it often and have no shame | @mjcreid | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
55 | Panther Chameleon | Furcifer pardalis | Yes | Sometimes while defecating - audible and stinky | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
56 | Parakeets | Maybe | My friend's parakeet farted in my face when I was 9 years old. (Note: literature disputes this - see "Birds", which are purported not to fart) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
57 | Parrots | No | :( | @alexevans91 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
58 | Pupfish | Cyprinodon spp. | Yes | Ingest air with solids during summer months. Associated with behavioral changes until release of gas | http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1577/1548-8659%281967%2996%5B216%3AEAEOIG%5D2.0.CO%3B2?journalCode=utaf20 | @jennygumm | * | ||||||||||||||||||||||
59 | Rabbits | Oryctolagus sp | Yes | Gas is dangerous in rabbits, however. It can cause intestinal stasis and lead to death within a short period of time. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
60 | Rats | Yes | They smell worse than dog farts | @Julie_B92 and @JuliesRats | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
61 | Rhesus macaque | Yes | @laurenmrobin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
62 | Rhinoceros Iguana | Cyclura cornuta | Yes | "Sounds wet". Increased frequency with higher fruit and/or fiber intake. High parasites loads also lead to an increase in flatulence. | personal observations of captive cyclura | @squamatasci | |||||||||||||||||||||||
63 | Rotifers | Maybe | Probably not, but if they can they'd be tiny. No one to offend if you're asexual tho | @Julie_B92 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
64 | Salamanders | Maybe | probably not audibly (see frogs), but their poops smell really bad | @PlethodoNick | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
65 | Sea Anemone | No | But awful burps | https://books.google.com/books/about/Invertebrate_Zoology.html?id=RoUZnQEACAAJ | Barnes, Robert D. (1982). Invertebrate Zoology | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
66 | Seals | Yes | Smells like lutefisk | @DaniRabaiotti | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
67 | Shore crabs | Carcinus maenas | No | @CarinaDSLR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
68 | Skunks | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
69 | Sloths | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
70 | Snakes | Yes | @AlongsideWild | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
71 | Snakes - ball python | Python regius | No | We have not heard any audible sounds from the vent in 5+ years of care | @mbystoma | * | |||||||||||||||||||||||
72 | Snakes - corn and rat snakes | Pantherophis spp. | Yes | Often with defecation | @mbystoma | * | |||||||||||||||||||||||
73 | Snakes - milksnake | Lampropeltis triangulum | Yes | Often with defecation and quite smelly | @mbystoma | * | |||||||||||||||||||||||
74 | Snakes - western hognose | Heterodon nasicus | Yes | Powerful for the size with defecation and extremely foul smelling | @mbystoma | * | |||||||||||||||||||||||
75 | Snow leopards | Panthera uncia | Yes | Their floofy bottoms help to muffle the sound | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
76 | Soft-shell clam | Mya arenaria | No | But they can puke (technically) - see next sheet | @SS_Henriques | ** | |||||||||||||||||||||||
77 | Spiders | Araneae | Maybe | Broadly assumed as yes, but never really been proven. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
78 | Spotted hyenas | Crocuta crocuta | Yes | Especially bad after eating camel intestines | @ArjDheer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
79 | Squid, octopus, cuttlefish | Many | Yes | If we count air coming out of the siphon as farting, yes | @sarahmackattack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
80 | Syrian hamster | Yes | probably; see rats, plus anecdata | @BeesAndBaking | @indik | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
81 | Tapirs | Tapirus spp | Yes | In great amplitude | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
82 | Termites | Reticulitermes, others | Yes | A lot--may be a significant contributor to global climate change | http://science.sciencemag.org/content/218/4572/563 | @HereBeSpiders11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
83 | Tortoise - radiated | Astrochelys radiata | Yes | @mbystoma | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
84 | Unicorns | Equus unicornus | Yes | it's glitter and rainbows soft serve | @NadWGab | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
85 | Wombat | Vombatidae | Yes | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHy2yAuZzds | @ivandaum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
86 | Woodlice | Armadillidium vulgare and Ligidium lapetum | Yes | Excrete ammonia | Wright J.C. & Peña-Peralta M. (2005) Diel variation in ammonia excretion, glutamine levels, and hydration status in two species of terrestrial isopods. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 175, 67-75 | Kim Kennedy, MSc | ** | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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88 | This spreadsheet is now a book - Check it out here! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
89 | US | https://www.amazon.com/Does-Fart-Definitive-Animal-Flatulence/dp/0316484156/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?ie=UTF8&qid=1525961965&sr=8-1-spons&keywords=does+it+fart&psc=1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
90 | Canada | https://www.amazon.ca/Does-Fart-Definitive-Animal-Flatulence/dp/0316484156/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1522799422&sr=8-2&keywords=does+it+fart | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
91 | UK | https://www.amazon.co.uk/Does-Fart-Definitive-Animal-Flatulence/dp/1786488264/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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