# Do Fish Fart?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-fish-fart/11165>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 27, 2000, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-fish-fart/11165 "2000-04-27T04:03:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2000, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-fish-fart/11165/1 "2000-04-27T04:03:00Z")

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Well, do they?

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**Author:** ![Sofa\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Sofa\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofa_King)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2000, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-fish-fart/11165/2 "2000-04-27T04:10:00Z")

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Sharks burp, and closely resemble me when it comes to table manners. Does that count?

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**Author:** ![Alphagene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Alphagene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alphagene)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2000, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-fish-fart/11165/3 "2000-04-27T04:16:00Z")

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And thus we peer into the complex inner workings of a frat boy’s brain stem.

[Yup](http://www.last-word.com/lastword/answers/lwa321plants.html).

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**Tony Soprano** : We’re the only country in the world where the pursuit of happiness is guaranteed in writing… Where’s _my_ happiness then?  
**Dr. Melfi** : It’s the _pursuit_ that’s guaranteed.  
**Tony Soprano** Yeah, always a fucking loophole.

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**Author:** ![funneefarmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@funneefarmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funneefarmer)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2000, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-fish-fart/11165/4 "2000-04-27T09:19:00Z")

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You know if you were a newbie…

[SDMB : Do fish experience flatulance](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/006029.html)

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**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-fish-fart/11165/5 "2000-12-30T16:17:25Z")

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Of course fish fart. How do you think they get carbonated water?

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**Author:** ![peepthis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9d8465/32.png) [@peepthis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peepthis)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-fish-fart/11165/6 "2000-12-30T18:17:43Z")

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