It’s funny, but also highly dubious. MAYBE if one said “Horses are the animals most farted on by humans on the planet..” but even then…
The first thing to consider is how much combined time humans spend riding horses in the modern age. If we consider human behavior, and what animals humans spend the most time with, one might posit that dogs or other humans are the animals humans fart most on- between babies and “pranks” and put close proximity and lots of opportunities that provides for intentional on inadvertent farting on one another- this case seems intuitively a valid contender.
The next thing to consider is what other animals spend a lot of time in proximity? For example, many types of birds spend most or all of their day perched on animals like hippos. Then we need to consider which animals are most numerous on earth, and which animals are most flatulent and find the shared datapoints to get a statistical probability for most farted on animal.
I have not ran numbers or put serious study into it, but intuitively I would think that some species of insect would take the title of most farted on animal, or some animal closely linked to insects. Insects vastly outnumber all other known animals with some species of insects dwarfing the human population in total living in earth at any given time and/or due to high reproductive rates and relatively short lives might birth many times the human population in a single generation of human life. Insects are classified as animals, many “fart”, they are numerous, they also tend to live in very close proximity and on top of other insects or animal species. Termites are known to be one of the most flatulent animals on earth. Cows are highly flatulent, numerous, and often live in very close proximity to each other, especially where they are most numerous- in comercial processing. So we have some strong contenders that almost certainly seem statistically more probable to carry the title
of worlds most farted on animal.
Lastly, we do have to qualify what is meant by farted on, would it count as “farted on” if two animals were standing close enough that one could theoretically feel the wind but weren’t in physical contact, or does the orifice need to be in direct contact? I assume not direct contact as humans generally most commonly have some barriers like clothing, blanket, saddle etc. between us and horses when we ride. But some fish “fart” like sharks and herrings. Given the physics and circumstances of their aquatic lives we might see them as possible contenders that could potentially cause alot of animals to be farted on, especially if we count contacting water with diffused gas byproducts to be “farting on” another animal that contacts said water indirectly.
The first thing to consider is how much combined time humans spend riding horses in the modern age. If we consider human behavior, and what animals humans spend the most time with, one might posit that dogs or other humans are the animals humans fart most on- between babies and “pranks” and put close proximity and lots of opportunities that provides for intentional on inadvertent farting on one another- this case seems intuitively a valid contender.
The next thing to consider is what other animals spend a lot of time in proximity? For example, many types of birds spend most or all of their day perched on animals like hippos. Then we need to consider which animals are most numerous on earth, and which animals are most flatulent and find the shared datapoints to get a statistical probability for most farted on animal.
Lastly, we do have to qualify what is meant by farted on, would it count as “farted on” if two animals were standing close enough that one could theoretically feel the wind but weren’t in physical contact, or does the orifice need to be in direct contact? I assume not direct contact as humans generally most commonly have some barriers like clothing, blanket, saddle etc. between us and horses when we ride. But some fish “fart” like sharks and herrings. Given the physics and circumstances of their aquatic lives we might see them as possible contenders that could potentially cause alot of animals to be farted on, especially if we count contacting water with diffused gas byproducts to be “farting on” another animal that contacts said water indirectly.