- Scientists have finally created a database of which animals fart and which do not fart (Shortlist) News you can use. So are turtles on the list?
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- Dire Wolves Were Not Really Wolves, New Genetic Clues Reveal (Scientific American) They have sequenced the DNA of the beast. It is different enough for their genus not to be Canis.
An announcement from Honest Government:
1. Turtles don't fart. We have that from an absolute source.
2. Saber tooth tigers aren't Felidae either. Close to bears.
I thought that the whole turtle fart thing was never resolved. (BTW, that was the most Saroff argument ever)
Also, some of the Sabertooth critters are Felidae.