The data gathering mission was spearheaded by Daniella Rabaiotti, a Ph.D student at the University College of London, a member of the Zoological Society of London, and environmental researcher. But the study of the diet and digestive systems of animals is an important part of understanding how they survive and even how they affect climate change. It is usually a matter for pre-teenage boys’ jokes. The scientific study of farts is called flatology Those who have the talent to fart at will are known as flatulists (or comedians).įew people, and even less scientists, have been brave enough to even talk about this issue. The information has been printed in a book with the same name.įart, also known as flatulence, describes gas generated or held in the stomach or intestines and expelled through the anus. The other, because the scientists investigating asked the public to send them information through a twitter handle called #doesitfart. One is because it is about the air expelled from the anuses of living beings, popularly known as farting. An interesting scientific experiment took place last year.

The amazing frog that farts