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by autosharp 1400 days ago
While there might exist a lot of smelly swamps, CH4 is odorless so not a super stinky swamp smell substance.
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> While there might exist a lot of smelly swamps, CH4 is odorless so not a super stinky swamp smell substance

Swamp gas has its smell from the associated compounds made with it, just like the methane we use has its stink from Ethanethiol additives, similarly, sulfur based. Still methane though!