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Scientists ponder why kangaroos fart less than sheep
Australian Broadcasting Corporation via Ananova ^
| June 3, 2002
Posted on 06/03/2002 2:49:48 AM PDT by Clive
Scientists ponder why kangaroos fart less than sheep Australian scientists are trying to work out why kangaroos don't fart as often as sheep and cattle. Queensland Government scientists are investigating microbes in kangaroos' stomachs.
The Department of Primary Industries researchers want to isolate the bacteria in kangaroos that prevents the production of methane.
ABC News Online says they then plan to see if it can be used to reduce gas emissions from cattle and sheep.
If successful, the move could reduce the greenhouse gas emissions from livestock.
Department of Primary Industries Minister Henry Palaszczuk said: "If we can have a breakthrough there, it'll be great news for the environment because at the end of the day it will mean a reduction in the 60 million tonnes of gas emissions that come from our cows and our sheep each year."
TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: crevolist; globalwarminghoax
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Sounds like someone had some money left over in his budget at the end of the fiscal year and did not want to hand it back in to the consolidated revenue fund lest his budget be reduced accordingly next fiscal year.
:-)
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posted on
06/03/2002 2:49:48 AM PDT
by
Clive
To: Cincinatus' Wife; JanL; blam; Sarcasm;Travis McGee;
Byron_the_Aussie; robnoel ;GeronL;ZOOKER...
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posted on
06/03/2002 2:50:12 AM PDT
by
Clive
To: Clive
As Fritz Hollings might say, (in my best SC accent) "There's a whole lot of fartin' going on."
Can we say "fart" on FR if we're not in high school?
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posted on
06/03/2002 2:56:06 AM PDT
by
leadpenny
To: Clive
I thought farting was what allowed them to hop so well.
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posted on
06/03/2002 3:03:48 AM PDT
by
jrewingjr
To: Clive
"Australian scientists are trying to work out why kangaroos don't fart as often as sheep and cattle." Wonder when these guys will discover that cats, dogs and horses fart too.........
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posted on
06/03/2002 3:15:54 AM PDT
by
Inge_CAV
To: Clive
Greenhouse gas from livestock? What about the 3 Billion or so people living on the planet....
Al Gore, check your messages.....
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posted on
06/03/2002 3:17:19 AM PDT
by
Victor
To: Clive
Lurking in the shadows, I suspect the EPA secretly financed this study intending to get the 'jump' on capturing and marketing K-GAS as ENRUN - "America's all gas, hot air energy source".
To: Clive
There was a Chicago dentist who reportedly achieved some measure of fame as an expert and celebrated after dinner speaker(Kiwannis Clubs,etc) upon the subject of crepitation.
According to a Denver newspaper article(as I recollect)--his independant research had determined that the daily worldwide aggregate of human farts was sufficient to inflate 2.37 Goodyear blimps!
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posted on
06/03/2002 3:59:53 AM PDT
by
IGNATIUS
To: Byron_the_Aussie
Oz can't claim all the credit.
Our own David Suzuki raised the issue of the environmental issue of flatulent cattle several years ago.
He deserves at least a footnote in the final report.
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posted on
06/03/2002 4:01:38 AM PDT
by
Clive
To: Clive
The answer is simple:Roos mostly only eat grass.
Sheep have their diets supplimented with hay(lucerne)and their fleece is very thick with retains body heat and causes their stomach contents to ferment quickly.
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posted on
06/03/2002 4:04:19 AM PDT
by
cavador
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To: Inge_CAV
All of those animals
fard less then human women.
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posted on
06/03/2002 4:10:12 AM PDT
by
ASA Vet
To: Clive
Socialists wonder why people fart, while they tell us to shut up when we mention their hot air and flatulences in Monica and Bill's White House. It's all about being sinless scientists and this New Age of stupidity. These kinds of hypocritical things make big money these days at an Inquisition liberal art University near you.
To: ASA Vet
Hey now, not gonna mention my ex-wife......... : )
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posted on
06/03/2002 4:21:49 AM PDT
by
Inge_CAV
To: Clive
My question is: Who's the desperately lonely soul who first made this "discovery" and shouldn't he/she be under strict medical supervision?
To: Inge_CAV
I won't mention mine either, other than to say it was real scary having her fard as she was driving.
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posted on
06/03/2002 4:37:42 AM PDT
by
ASA Vet
To: Clive
It is simple.....the roos suscribe to the philosophy of "why fart and waste it, when you can belch and taste it."
Regards
J.R.
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posted on
06/03/2002 4:42:20 AM PDT
by
NMC EXP
To: Clive
"Government scientists are investigating..." I'll bet we all guessed that as soon as we read the headline.
To: Clive
They should have been studying politicians. especially democrap ones. Considering they are so full of sh*t and hot air, they probably produce more flatulence in Washington than the rest of the planet combined.
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posted on
06/03/2002 4:50:32 AM PDT
by
Cacique
To: Clive
Maybe Kangaroo's have better manners than Sheep.
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