And this is how manatees evolved. Coastal cows eating seaweed.
You can google it. Do we really need more manatees?
#SeaCows
Posted on 03/26/2021 8:31:28 PM PDT by DoodleBob
Cow burps are apparently the source of a lot of methane in our atmosphere. And there are a lot of cows on Earth. But a new research mission suggests a great way to reduce those emissions and significantly lower methane, which causes warming on our planet, and its straight from the sea. As reported by the Guardian, adding seaweed to beef cow diets can lower methane by as much as 82%.
“We now have sound evidence that seaweed in cattle diet is effective at reducing greenhouse gases and that the efficacy does not diminish over time,” said agricultural scientist Ermias Kebreab in the Guardian. Kebreab works at the University of California, Davis and is senior author of the research paper.
This is a really big deal for us and our planet. Livestock is responsible for about 14.5% of greenhouse gas emissions, with cows being 65% of that number. The results were published in the PLoS One journal and researchers say the methane reductions through adding seaweed did not affect the cow’s ability to put on weight.
In fact, their seaweed-enhanced diet actually allowed the cows to convert feed to body weight 20% more efficiently. This means less feed can be used to have the cows get to a weight that’s suitable for market. Of course, there are natural questions that still need answers when it comes to the use of seaweed.
Is there enough in the ocean to sustain billions of beef cows around the world? What happens if seaweed is over harvested for this purpose? It’s possible that we could be setting ourselves up for another big problem under the sea while trying to solve a land issue. There are no clear-cut answers for now; but considering how humans can create anything these days, it wouldn’t be shocking to have laboratory seaweed for cows.
Either way, it’s something interesting to ponder. Who knew that seaweed could affect cow burps and make the world less toasty? Our planet is full of surprises.
And taste like fish?
Yes, wouldn’t it be nice if this were all we had to worry about?
Now if we could just get them to wear those flippers.
Cattle and farm animals don’t expel that much gas.
Humans do more farting than any animal.
And this is how manatees evolved. Coastal cows eating seaweed.
You can google it. Do we really need more manatees?
#SeaCows
Mmmm Kimbap *burp*
I don’t much care for almond milk, oat milk, etc, but I recently found this, and halleluiah, I can drink milk that tastes like milk without getting fat.
https://www.kroger.com/p/kroger-carbmaster-ultra-filtered-non-fat-original-milk/0001111008303
Serving size 8 fl oz (240mL)
Amount per serving
Calories 60
Total Fat 0g
Saturated Fat 0g
Trans Fat0g
Cholesterol 10mg
Sodium 95mg
Total Carbohydrate 3g
Sugar 3g
Protein 11g
Calcium 370mg
Iron 0mg
Vitamin A 150mcg
Cows have 4 stomachs.
CC
Every so often, I will buy a pack of snacking seaweed, just for the heck of it. It usually comes in thin, translucent sheets, about the size of a pack of cigarettes.
In my experience, most (processed) seaweed has a salty taste. Salty and nutty. I do it to feed myself some ‘good’ bacteria to the stomach. Some call such foods Probiotics.
Blue-Green Algae tablets became too costly.
Pretty sweet deal! I gotta eat seaweed, but I do get to hang out at the beach...
But we do feed our dairy cows free choice kelp and it does not make the milk taste fishy. Of course they are not eating that much of it. A couple ounces a day maybe.
I have heard that the cows like to eat kudzu. Heck. Where ever there is a supply of food, let the cows have at it. Kudzu, sea weed. Grass, Hay, keep them healthy, provide them with an abundance of food.
Thought my milk was tasting a little fishy lately.
Methane oozes from every seam in the ocean floor.
They can sell the hamburgers as fish burgers. Yep! That’s the ticket!
Why can’t these carbon worry warts just plant more trees?
My, my. That takes me back about 65 years or so, when my Dad and another man ran a small 40-cow dairy. When the clover bloomed, the milk had a distinct taste.
The fact cows have four stomachs might have some effect. The rumen is where all the fermentation of the grass takes place. By adding seaweed to the grass, it is an obvious start. BUT not all seaweeds are the same.
B I N G O !
If you Google "Methane" and click on [News] you will find lots of
stories about how much more powerful methane is compared to CO2
as a greenhouse gas. But you will NEVER see anything that says how
much methane will actually run up global temperature. The reason for
that is because methane's effect on global temperature is so small as
to effectively be zero.
“Onion grass”. That would be Wild Garlic. Cows love it, but it does taint the milk flavor. I hated it, too.
I stand corrected, thanks.
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