Nov 07

Scientific progress goes . . . tick-tick-tick?

New Scientist reports:

Biologists have linked a mysterious, underwater farting sound to bubbles coming out of a herring's anus. No fish had been known to emit sound from its anus nor to be capable of producing such a high-pitched noise.

(Journal reference: Biology Letters (DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0107)