BREAKING (HAR!) SCIENCE UPDATE
Herring escape whales by farting.
(Thanks to rickadjuster)
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June 21, 2006
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Survival of the flatulent. Oy.
Posted by: sharon share-alike | June 21, 2006 at 11:14 AM
I'd slap those little farting buggers too
Posted by: muffles | June 21, 2006 at 11:15 AM
"Stop them before they fart again!"
Posted by: MOTW | June 21, 2006 at 11:17 AM
Heck, if a killer whale was coming after me, I'd probably let off a little air from my anal duct too.
And then I'd blame it on the dog.
Posted by: Nobody | June 21, 2006 at 11:18 AM
“Farting may save their lives.”
If I had a nickle for everytime I've said that..
Posted by: Sean | June 21, 2006 at 11:20 AM
...Acoustical Society of America
"So what do you guys listen to?"
"Um, well - yeah. Funny thing..."
Posted by: Brainy Jello | June 21, 2006 at 11:21 AM
This is too funny! snorks all around.
Posted by: Suzy Q | June 21, 2006 at 11:21 AM
No wonder the herring was used as a weapon in Monty Python.
Posted by: Punkin Poo | June 21, 2006 at 11:30 AM
Who is this "rickadjuster" and why is he never photographed with handsome millionaire playboy Stupendous Man?
Posted by: Stupendous Man | June 21, 2006 at 11:34 AM
If I had realized my husband was noisily repelling killer whales whilst showering yesterday morning, I might have been less caustic in my remarks.
Posted by: Crabby Appleton | June 21, 2006 at 11:34 AM
Now I know why I've never been eaten by a killer whale!!!
Posted by: blurkernomore | June 21, 2006 at 11:41 AM
“Farting may save their lives.”
There's a T-shirt in there somewhere.
Posted by: KOW | June 21, 2006 at 12:05 PM
I know farting has helped me repel some bad dates! "Hands off, nasty boy, or else" I say with my left leg raised....
Posted by: 24-aholic | June 21, 2006 at 12:08 PM
bubbly flatulence?
nuthin worse than a bubbly fart
Posted by: TCK | June 21, 2006 at 12:15 PM
}---snork shield---{
It is just a bubble of air; it is the bubbles that disorient the echolocator, not any associated smell.
This must be our daily dose of scatology.
}---snork shield---{
Posted by: Dr. Doug | June 21, 2006 at 12:45 PM
hey Mr Whale....pull my fin.... :)
Posted by: Chaz, in Wade County Florida | June 21, 2006 at 01:00 PM
Hmmm... then maybe this may explain the lack of alien sightings lately.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | June 21, 2006 at 01:18 PM
Herring that fart escape? Herring that don't get eaten? That's the very essence of the term: "Survival of the Fittest Farters"
Posted by: philintexas | June 21, 2006 at 01:55 PM
Fart euphemisms... I'll start.
Barking Tree Spiders
(Thanks to my husband for that one who will not be allowed to read this blog because he does not need one more reason to be permitted to fart at will...saving lives, my azz....)
Posted by: Cat R. | June 21, 2006 at 02:54 PM
Well there is another way.
Posted by: Lisa Bisa Fo Fisa | June 21, 2006 at 03:09 PM
Well I know that released flatulence has save my live on more than one occasion ... merely ... relieved ... (to release all that pressure ...)
Posted by: O. the U(manity) | June 21, 2006 at 03:44 PM
" ... life ..."
Posted by: O. the U(manity) | June 21, 2006 at 04:19 PM
haiku:
a dream is a fart
a fish makes - oily bubbles
pop and are no more
for a moment then
the bubble rises and bursts
a tiny rainbow
cold, narrow, and pale
distended, pressurized, squeaks
the fishes sphincter
Posted by: mudstuffin | June 21, 2006 at 05:00 PM
O. the U....
"Life. Don't talk to me about life..."
Posted by: AlanBoss | June 22, 2006 at 01:22 AM
The study is one of two papers presented at the recent Acoustical Society of America Meeting in Rhode Island that addressed some of the clever techniques whales employ to catch their dinner.Where were they when I was 5 and farting in my bathtub?
Posted by: Shane's Girl | June 22, 2006 at 02:46 PM
AB -
Y'all know whut I can't say about whut they say about "life" ...
Posted by: O. the U(manity) MBE LP | June 23, 2006 at 12:20 AM