Herring

[Sweetwater]

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.

[bcaron]

I must be bored to death.