[FrogMom]

My daughter is a marine biologist. I've been known to tease her about studying fish farts. I've saved this picture for her.

Yes, I know whales aren't fish, but the pic is too good to pass up!

[Dutchgirl]

Haven't scientists concluded that methane is a leading contributor to global warming...these whales must be stopped!!!

[oyez]

Whale flatulence stuns scientists

Women and minorities hardest hit.

[Cloud William]

Hmmm, maybe the marine biologists have been incorrectly identifying "whalesong" for decades.

[BluH2o]

What ... no global warning ... ozone depletion alert?

[Destructor]

What a boon to mankind! I wonder how much of our tax money was used to fund this study?

[FreedomPoster]

Just damn!

[Night Hides Not]

Wow!!! This thread definitely qualifies as breaking news.

[xp38]

If this isn't in breaking news it should be. :)

[Shadowfax]

Looks like a game of Pull My Fin.

[ZviTheWise]

Our tax dollars at work (though the photo should make a great ZOT placeholder).

[mhking]

Roll that beautiful bean footage....

Just damn.

If you want on the new list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...

[new cruelty]

[New Horizon]

Who cut the blubber?

[ctlpdad]

What a friggin career.

Grandkid: "What did you do for a career, grandpa?
Granda: "I studied whale farts"
Grandkid: "I didn't think there were bigger loosers than the floor cleaners at Wal-Mart, but i guess I'm wrong"

[bedolido]

A fart is a combination of gases (nitrogen, carbon dioxide, oxygen, methane, and hydrogen sulfide) that travels from a person's stomach to their anus. When a person swallows too much air or eats foods that the human digestive system cannot digest easily gas becomes trapped in his/her stomach. The only way for this excess gas to exit the body is through the anus.

The gas that makes your farts stink is the hydrogen sulfide gas. This gas contains sulfur which causes farts to have a smelly odor. The more sulfur rich your diet, the more your farts will stink. Some foods that cause really smelly farts include: beans, cabbage, cheese, soda, and eggs.

A scientific name for a fart is flatus or flatulence.

The word fart is just one of many different terms used to describe the release of gasses from the human body. Other popular names for farts or farting include: gassers, stinkers, air biscuits, bombers, barking spiders, rotten eggs, and wet ones. You can pass gas, break wind, blast, beef, poof, rip one, let one fly, step on a duck, and cut the cheese.

Farts can be stinky, wet, loud, or silent but deadly. Pee-eeew!!!

Did you know?
On the average, a healthy person farts 16 times a day.
Hey guys, don't be fooled by girls who tell you that they never fart. Everyone farts, including girls. In fact, females fart just as much as males.
Many animals fart too. Cats, dogs, and cows. Elephants fart the most.
People fart the most in their sleep.
Farts that contain a large amount of methane & hydrogen can be flammable.

[Lockbar]

Ok, there goes the Ozone Layer. And the stupid liberals have been blaming my air conditioner and spray paint for years!

[Eagle Eye]

You now need a "Pull my fin" alert and ping list.

[Calpernia]

Funny ping

[Hatteras]

"The researchers claim this is the first photograph of a minke whale letting one go in the icy waters of Antarctica. It was taken from the bow of a research vessel."

Assuming that they are talking about a large whale and assuming that they are looking down at the ring of gas approaching them from below the surface and noticing what appears to be surface wave ripples outside of the ring...., maybe chunks of ice floating on the surface? Just how far off the water is the bow of this fella's boat?! He's got to be 70 or 80 feet off the water!

Hoax picture perhaps?