Wednesday, August 11, 2004

Umm... You just have to read the article.

Discovery Channel :: Whale Flatulence Captured in Photo

Aug. 27, 2003 : For the first time, scientists have both witnessed and photographed a whale gas bubble, suggesting that flatulence is just as common for ocean mammals as it is for humans and many other terrestrial animals.

The picture is best described by Nick Gales, principal research scientist in the Applied Marine Mammal Ecology Group of the Australian Antarctic Division in Tasmania. Gales was leading an expedition of the Charolotte Pass between Marguerite Bay and Palmer Station, Antarctica, when the ship's captain, Joe Borkowski III, took the photo.

Click on this link to see the photo and read the full article. Whale Flatulence Captured in Photo

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