Thread: Do plants fart?
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Old 11-Jan-2007   #4
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If by "fart" you mean release methane, then no, higher plants do not until they are decomposing in a compost heap. Bacteria, on the other hand, can fart.....bacteria in cow (or other mamamal's) stomachs, and bacteria in salt marshes both release methane.
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