Do insects fart?

kneemos

There must be millions of them in a square mile and would surely contribute to greenhouse gases if they do .

WindSock

Only flatulants do.

Pottler

They do indeed. They love letting one fly every now and then. That's the buzzing noise you hear when they pass.

chughes

One of them farted in Australia and the end result is Hurricane Sandy.

gozunda

kneemos wrote: »

There must be millions of them in a square mile and would surely contribute to greenhouse gases if they do .

Here you go

http://insects.about.com/od/morphology/f/breathing.htm

My name is URL

Dunno about farting, but burping termites are one of the biggest living producers of methane gas.

oppenheimer1

AH: Asking the important questions.

Joey the lips

It seems so.... From straight dope.com

Um . . . this might depend on how you define "flatulence." An insect's digestive system bears little resemblance to our own in its structural details, even if the basic process is the same. Flatulence in humans is largely due to the activity of bacteria in our intestines, releasing methane gas. But there are very few insects whose guts contain methane-producing bacteria. In a practical sense, therefore, the only insects for whom the answer is "yes" would be termites, some wood roaches, and a few wood-boring moth and beetle larvae.

Those termites are something else, though. For more on termite and other animal flatulence, see www.straightdope.com/classics/a4_17 6.html.

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Praetorian Saighdiuir

David Attenborough rang, he told me to tell you to fup off and stop stealing his sh1t!

You ruined the HD Christmas Special planned of the Discovery Channel. Now we have to do with watching Chumlee get naked and pawn his nipple rings!

9959

Yes.
But unlike humans they don't 'follow through'.

1ZRed

Did you miss the silly questions thread?

jimthemental

Only dung beetles, they have a problem with following through as well.

pebbles21

I dont know how i stumbled on this thread...but just realised its mid-term in school...
should cool down here now ...X-Factor is on now

Aidric

A guy dressed as a bumblebee cleared the dancefloor of the nightclub I was in last night with a methane emission. So yes.

Washington Irving

Interesting question

9959

jimthemental wrote: »

Only dung beetles, they have a problem with following through as well.

Just wondering, where is the worst place you could 'follow through'?
Don't answer:"In your wedding suit".

jimthemental

9959 wrote: »

Just wondering, where is the worst place you could 'follow through'?
Don't answer:"In your wedding suit".

Nowhere near. While in bed with Jessicas Biel and Alba. I don't think they are going to return my texts.

Awesome-O

I'm dressed as a bumble bee right now, if I let one rip I'll let you know...

Gran Hermano

I can vouch your moth does OP