Manatees Are Literally Powered By Farts

Added: 2026-06-07

[00:00:00]The only reason manatees do not sink to the ocean floor is because of their farts. These thousand pound sea cows are basically giant balloons with a dark secret. If they cannot pass gas, they lose control of their entire world.

[00:00:13]Manatees have specialized pouches that store methane from all the seagrass they eat. They literally use flatulence as a buoyancy vest to float. If they get constipated, they cannot dive and eventually they would just bob on the surface forever. They are essentially powered by farts and they are proud of it.