When (low density) gas is released, the overall density of the manatee is increased (more volume is from the high density meat and fat bits instead if the low density gaseous bits) so the manatee sinks. Then, through digestion and such, gas inside manatee can increase, making its overall density lower and it floats. (Kind of like how ships float even though their made of metal, since the majority of the vessel is air, the overall density is less than water)
This is also how submarines sink and resurface I think, but they release and let in water.
Thank you. When I read about an endless cycle of farting, I expected some sophisticated organ for pressure changes or something, which sounded unlikely. Like the submarines, which reuse the same air. I would hardly call this a cycle. It's neat nonetheless :-)
The joke, which I apparently absolutely failed at delivering, is that it is SO awesome (how awesome 😎 is it you may ask, well then I will tell you...) than I in fact do not want to unlearn it.
28 Comments
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip · 49 pts · 257d
Only manatees are known to do this. Womanatees are disgusted by the practice.
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 257d
They don’t even poop.
a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 256d
No butts? 😯
0ops@piefed.zip · 2 pts · 256d
Oh they have butts they just don't poop
a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 256d
Wow.
SpicyTaint@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 257d
OpenStars@piefed.social · 2 pts · 257d
Or from a Sith either, one would imagine/hope! 😎
very_well_lost@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 257d
Darth Flatulence
OpenStars@piefed.social · 7 pts · 256d
(also @lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works)
(I almost went with "I find your lack of farts disturbing", but this works way better-er-est)
Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 257d
That guy's always smiling. I bet he knows exactly how to do it. Who is going to call him out?
tyr0sine@mander.xyz · 20 pts · 257d
lemming@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 257d
Cool. How does it work?
sbeak@sopuli.xyz · 22 pts · 257d
When (low density) gas is released, the overall density of the manatee is increased (more volume is from the high density meat and fat bits instead if the low density gaseous bits) so the manatee sinks. Then, through digestion and such, gas inside manatee can increase, making its overall density lower and it floats. (Kind of like how ships float even though their made of metal, since the majority of the vessel is air, the overall density is less than water)
This is also how submarines sink and resurface I think, but they release and let in water.
lemming@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 256d
Thank you. When I read about an endless cycle of farting, I expected some sophisticated organ for pressure changes or something, which sounded unlikely. Like the submarines, which reuse the same air. I would hardly call this a cycle. It's neat nonetheless :-)
CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 257d
Buoyancy, farting, or manatees?
Morph9@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 257d
https://www.animalsaroundtheglobe.com/fun-fact-manatees-use-their-farts-to-swim-7-166048/
KoboldCoterie@pawb.social · 4 pts · 257d
Sure, but how does it work?
marcos@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 257d
Fart to sink, and don't fart to start to raise after a while.
lemming@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 256d
I completely missed there's a link too, sorry.
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 257d
I bet that guy who has lied to his family about liking manatees for the past 20 years knew this, even if he didn't want to.
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 6 pts · 257d
🎵We're farting, forever, oh oh!🎵 - Manatee Like Me by TV on the Radio
wewbull@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 257d
Manatees aren't the only ones.
LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 256d
Y'know you could just get out of the bathtub instead of spending your life struggle-farting to stay afloat in there.
redbrick@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 257d
I had no idea air jet propulsion also worked under water...
the_q@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 257d
OpenStars@piefed.social · 1 pts · 257d
May I... unknow this now, please and thank youze⁉️
very_well_lost@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 257d
Why on earth would you want to unlearn something as awesome as that??
OpenStars@piefed.social · 4 pts · 256d
The joke, which I apparently absolutely failed at delivering, is that it is SO awesome (how awesome 😎 is it you may ask, well then I will tell you...) than I in fact do not want to unlearn it.
MutilationWave@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 256d
Unicorns propel themselves with rainbow farts, thanks.
OpenStars@piefed.social · 2 pts · 256d
And nyan cats too.