Beam me to Planet Gore !
Posted on 08/09/2008 6:03:58 AM PDT by Renfield
Australian scientists have come up with a unique way to combat climate change: eat kangaroos and save the world.
A study claims that farming and consuming more kangaroos instead of cattle and sheep will reduce carbon gas emissions.
According to the scientific journal Conservation Letters, the Australian icon produces far less methane than sheep and cattle. Methane is one of the worst causes of greenhouse gas and in Australia alone sheep and cattle produce 11 per cent of the nation’s total emissions.
Kangaroos, on the other hand, produce relatively small amounts of the gas because they are not ruminants; as with wallabies, the microorganisms in their stomachs differ from those found in sheep and cattle....
(Excerpt) Read more at timesonline.co.uk ...
My caption for your pic:
“Why Australia has no paparazzi.”
HAHAHA! Perfect! ;-D
Does it taste like Chicken?? :-)
The problem might be at your end
Actually somewhere between deer and rabbit
My parents brought me a packet of kangaroo jerky when they visited Australia. As I recall, it was pretty lean and flavorless. But I suppose novelty jerky marketed to tourists isn’t the best thing to judge kangaroo meat on.
How about Koala’s next? they cant fart all that much. Raise them too.
From what I think I've read, kangaroos have become a problem due to overpopulation just like deer have in parts of the U.S.
I think Australia is trying to generate a new industry which will in turn help reduce the kangaroo populations and turn a profit for the country at the same time...........just a guess.
We have had kangaroo before, it was pretty darn tasty. It made us hoppy. ;-)
Wow, I didn’t know there was another conservative Vegetarian on this board!
THat could well be. I got the impression that the vendor catered primarily to those with more cash than sense.
Sure about your math?
Well I was until you asked. OK $US4/lb
“Australian scientists have come up with a unique way to combat climate change: eat kangaroos and save the world.”
I have a better idea:
Have the great white sharks eat these Australian scientists. That will save the world.
Hey hey, "fooder". Don't think this will go unremarked around here :-)
Make that three. I also choose not to eat red meat for my health but serve it to my family (lean cuts in moderation). I’m more of a “flexitarian”. I eat seafood and sometimes poultry.
Yes, I am aware that its done on a small scale but most people wouldn’t have a bar of it.
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