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June 20, 2008
Why do dog and cat farts smell so bad?

A carnivore’s protein-rich diet produces relatively small amounts of intensely stinky gas because proteins contain lots of sulfur. A dog’s or cat’s farts are rarely audible, but the odor is overwhelming. I have asked biologists why dogs and cats generally fart silently, and their theories include:

the amount of gas produced is small, but [...]