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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/n...ringfarts.html

Okay...so its pouring rain today and I had nothing better to do.

04-23-2005, 04:41 PM	#1
Sweetwater Ruled only by the tide iTrader: (0) Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Truro Posts: 801	Herring 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/n...ringfarts.html Okay...so its pouring rain today and I had nothing better to do.
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