You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. It all started with a simple question: "Do snakes fart?" Dani Rabaiotti had no idea. But the zoologist ...

It all began with a teenager's typical and seemingly inconsequential question that stumped a dedicated zoologist: "Do snakes fart?" It all began with a teenager’s typical and seemingly inconsequential ...

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It all began with a teenager’s typical and seemingly inconsequential question that stumped a dedicated zoologist: “Do snakes fart?” (The answer, by the way, is mostly yes. But we’ll get to that and ...