# Is bipedalism necessary for audible farting?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 27, 2010, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bipedalism-necessary-for-audible-farting/540943 "2010-05-27T13:23:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bipedalism-necessary-for-audible-farting/540943/41 "2010-05-29T13:01:03Z")

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“A farting horse will never tire.  
A farting man’s the man to hire”

Navarth.

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**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2010, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bipedalism-necessary-for-audible-farting/540943/42 "2010-05-30T13:36:05Z")

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> [@Drew\_Kit](#):
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> . . .  
> "A carnivore’s protein-rich diet produces relatively small amounts of intensely stinky gas because proteins contain lots of sulfur. . .

Thus the inevitable extinction of the dinosaurs: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aP0F0sMhhAg&feature=related](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aP0F0sMhhAg&feature=related)

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