• Question: do monkeys fart

    Asked by aishah786 to Claire, Joanna, Kapila, Renata, Suzanne on 26 Jun 2013.
    • Photo: Claire El Mouden

      Claire El Mouden answered on 26 Jun 2013:


      Yes – I expect most mammals fart. Farting is the release of gas that build up in our guts. The gas is made by bacteria that live in our gut and help us digest our food. Some diets need more bacteria than others, so lead to more gas. For example cows, which eat just grass that is not very nutritious, needs lots of bacteria to help digest it, so cows make lots and lots and lots of farts (so much that they are a significant contributor to global warming!)

    • Photo: Suzanne Harvey

      Suzanne Harvey answered on 27 Jun 2013:


      Yes, sometimes very loudly!

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