# Dinosaur Farts

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-farts/587909>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 5, 2011, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-farts/587909 "2011-07-05T16:43:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2011, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-farts/587909/1 "2011-07-05T16:43:41Z")

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If a Brontosaurus could have farted in a volcano, would the world have blown up? 🙂

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**Author:** ![Acid\_Lamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2011, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-farts/587909/2 "2011-07-05T17:00:53Z")

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No, but assuming that the volcano shot a plume of fire at the right moment it would have been impressive.

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**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2011, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-farts/587909/3 "2011-07-05T17:19:26Z")

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Don’t be absurd.  
They are called “Apatosaurus” now.

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2011, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-farts/587909/4 "2011-07-05T17:21:04Z")

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> [@Acid\_Lamp](#):
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> No, but assuming that the volcano shot a plume of fire at the right moment it would have been impressive.

And it would make a noise loud enough to be heard in Lima, Peru.

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2011, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-farts/587909/5 "2011-07-05T17:26:49Z")

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I think this is more suitable for MPSIMS than GQ.

Colibri  
General Questions Moderator

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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2011, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-farts/587909/6 "2011-07-05T17:27:49Z")

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Alex, I’ll take “Smoke Rings We’d Like to See” for $1000.

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**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2011, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-farts/587909/7 "2011-07-05T18:58:49Z")

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The air in America is much cleaner now due to the absence of dinosaur farts.

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**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2011, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-farts/587909/8 "2011-07-05T19:04:35Z")

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> [@Jake](#):
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> If a Brontosaurus could have farted in a volcano, would the world have blown up? 🙂

Which explains their extinction.