Sweetwater
04-23-2005, 04:41 PM
This from the National Geographic Website:
"Herring may use an unusual form of communication—flatulence—to form protective shoals at night without giving away their location to predators, according to a recent study."
If you don't believe me, and if you are bored to death, you can actually hear a herring "break wind" at the following site.
http://www.zoology.ubc.ca/~bwilson/herring.html
Or, for the full article --> http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/11/1110_031110_herringfarts.html
Okay...so its pouring rain today and I had nothing better to do. :fishslap:
"Herring may use an unusual form of communication—flatulence—to form protective shoals at night without giving away their location to predators, according to a recent study."
If you don't believe me, and if you are bored to death, you can actually hear a herring "break wind" at the following site.
http://www.zoology.ubc.ca/~bwilson/herring.html
Or, for the full article --> http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/11/1110_031110_herringfarts.html
Okay...so its pouring rain today and I had nothing better to do. :fishslap: