OceanX | The Fish Fart Heard in Sweden @OceanX | Uploaded May 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 day ago.
Fears of a Russian submarine off the coast of Sweden in the 90's lead to some interesting research about fish bladders. It may sound like a weird connection, but so much is still being learned and uncovered about the ocean everyday, sometimes from unique circumstances.
To put a long story short, underwater bacon frying sounds led to some back and forth between Sweden and Russia, but luckily Sweden had some biologists and their local fishing community come up with a non-threatening, but slightly embarrassing explanation.
Turns out, herrings have a very unique swim bladder system. Some fish expel the excess gas like a burp, and other fish don't even have their swim bladders attached to their digestive systems at all. Herrings expel excess gas through their rear when they want to sink lower in the water, and apparently their "farts" sound like bacon frying in a pan. And since herrings swim in large schools, if they all expel gas at the same time, military grade hydrophones can clearly hear it.
#sweden #russia #herring #fish #fishbiology #marinescience #oceanstories #oceanfacts #shorts
Fears of a Russian submarine off the coast of Sweden in the 90's lead to some interesting research about fish bladders. It may sound like a weird connection, but so much is still being learned and uncovered about the ocean everyday, sometimes from unique circumstances.
To put a long story short, underwater bacon frying sounds led to some back and forth between Sweden and Russia, but luckily Sweden had some biologists and their local fishing community come up with a non-threatening, but slightly embarrassing explanation.
Turns out, herrings have a very unique swim bladder system. Some fish expel the excess gas like a burp, and other fish don't even have their swim bladders attached to their digestive systems at all. Herrings expel excess gas through their rear when they want to sink lower in the water, and apparently their "farts" sound like bacon frying in a pan. And since herrings swim in large schools, if they all expel gas at the same time, military grade hydrophones can clearly hear it.
#sweden #russia #herring #fish #fishbiology #marinescience #oceanstories #oceanfacts #shorts
