…make cows fart like kangaroos
Yes, you heard right. Since cow farts contain methane, and kangaroo farts do not, scientists in Australia plan to introduce bacteria from kangaroo intestines into cows, so the cows can fart like kangaroos. Apparently 14% of the greenhouse gases released in Queensland are from cow farts, so this could actually impact the impending doom known as global warming, if it works.
Source. Nod to BoingBoing.
Mari just hopes the cows don’t start hopping around and kicking the crap out of random people who get too close like kangaroos. That would greatly hurt the chances of Mari getting a hamburger.
What do you think? Batshit crazy, or just crazy enough to work?
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4 January 2008, 23:54
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Kangaroo Cows? Haha, that would be so cool - I’ve currently got the image of a cow jumping around like a kangaroo XD slightly scary.
It could work though - but wouldn’t really make much of a difference to greenhouse gases considering theres still the 86% of the humans…
See, I really think it’s a bit crazy to change the way cows fart. That is part of nature. I understand changing the way industries work to lessen the amount of greenhouse gases, but to mess with a cow’s tummy? That’s just.. playing God.
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@Becky
Mari’s thinking more of a boxing cow, since Mari always pictures kangaroos with boxing gloves. (Stupid, but that’s how Mari’s brain works, thank you TV!)
Well, we’re kinda totally screwed with this global warming thing, so everybody is looking for anything to try to help, even the littlest bit. Plus, think about it. When a person is wrong, they look for anything else but actually fixing what they did to try to remedy the situation. That’s kinda what we as a species are doing with this kangaroo-cow farting mania.
@Julie
You’re exactly right. It is playing God, and usually, bad things happen when humans try to play God.
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