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Otherwise_Day_4485 t1_iz5ni6z wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Can insects get food poisoning? Can an ant throwup? by marcoroman3

How about farting? Do ants fart? 🐜💨

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Krail t1_iz7vua7 wrote

I don't know the answer for sure, but the prevalence of farting in Humans is generally a consequence of microbes in our gut digesting our food for us and putting off gasses as a byproduct. There are other reasons gasses end up in your digestive tract, but this is the big one.

I don't know if ants are as reliant on microbes for their digestion as we are, but they definitely have less room for gas in their guts. But then, you'd expect ant farts to be tiny anyway.

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Picolete t1_iz66yh5 wrote

Dont give them ideas, now greenpeace will want to ban antfarms for the CO2

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