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targaboy78
12-28-2003, 06:35 PM
Here's a weird article that I just stumbled upon.

http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994343

Biologists have linked a mysterious, underwater farting sound to bubbles coming out of a herring's anus. No fish had been known to emit sound from its anus nor to be capable of producing such a high-pitched noise.

"It sounds just like a high-pitched raspberry," says Ben Wilson of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada...


:rolleyes: I would like to apply for a $50,000 Govt. grant to study this for one year.

pinner_28
12-28-2003, 08:59 PM
tat sounds like a great idea :rolleyes: