# Fish Fart!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fish-fart/216150>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 1, 2003, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fish-fart/216150 "2003-12-01T01:42:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fish-fart/216150/1 "2003-12-01T01:42:57Z")

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Thanks to the research of marine biologists, it has been determined that[herring fart](http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994343), and do so as a means of communication.

Perhaps further research will lead to a day when it will be accepted that a guy was just talking to that other guy over there. 😃

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**Author:** ![SpectBrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@SpectBrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpectBrain)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fish-fart/216150/2 "2003-12-01T01:52:41Z")

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Dave Barry did his column today on this very subject .[Linkie to Dave Barry](http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/living/columnists/dave_barry/7364452.htm)

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**Author:** ![Gadfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gadfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadfly)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fish-fart/216150/3 "2003-12-01T03:11:28Z")

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So that’s what the bubbles in the aquarium were.