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Is there a biological benefit to farts smelling bad?

Scientists have found ways all sorts of obscure things benefit us. Is there actually a benefit to the way farts smell? Why can't they smell like roses? Wouldn't that be more beneficial for the survival of the species?

Posted - May 24, 2017

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  • 1713
    The only time it's tolerable is when it's your own fart. Everyone loves their own brand. Otherwise, I feel grossed out if I breathe it in. It's like I don't want to breathe it in with my nose and I can't breathe it with my mouth because I don't want to taste it. Anyway, I don't know why farts smell bad. Maybe it's because it's a waste product?
      May 25, 2017 12:02 AM MDT
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  • The stink is there to add to the humor.
      May 25, 2017 12:05 AM MDT
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  • 3191
    Would you really rather keep that inside you?
      May 25, 2017 12:05 AM MDT
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  • 7919
    lol No, but there has to be some benefit to the smell or it wouldn't smell, right?
      May 25, 2017 12:08 AM MDT
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  • 3191
    I figure I benefit by it exiting my body...lol
      May 25, 2017 12:15 AM MDT
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  • The acclaimed spiritual treatise, "The Zen Of Farting." by Ripa Gud Wan will provide answers. 
      May 25, 2017 12:18 AM MDT
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  • I refer you to the spiritual treatise, "The Zen  Of Farting." by Ripa Gun Wan. 
      May 25, 2017 12:17 AM MDT
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  • 5354
    Farts smell like feces, and feces we should stay away from because they are full of the bacteria from the animal that produced them.
    You may notice that animal farts have quite different smells, not because they are all that different in content, but because different animals house different bacteria. The farts that smell worst are those that come form animals with bacteria that can also harm us.

    So ye there is a benefit to stinking farts, The repel us so we dont get too close to the bacteria. This post was edited by JakobA the unAmerican. at September 14, 2018 8:52 PM MDT
      May 25, 2017 3:24 AM MDT
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  • 22891
    not that i know of
      May 29, 2017 9:21 PM MDT
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