kangaroo flatulence contains no methane and scientists want to transfer that bacteria to cattle (http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071206/sc_afp/australiaclimatewarmingkangaroooffbeat;_ylt=Ap1OKA ejyLpND16slaA9BBms0NUE)
Link 2 (http://www.theage.com.au/news/climate-watch/quest-to-make-cattle-fart-like-marsupials/2007/12/06/1196812922326.html)

kangaroo flatulence contains no methane and scientists want to transfer that bacteria to cattle (http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071206/sc_afp/australiaclimatewarmingkangaroooffbeat;_ylt=Ap1OKA ejyLpND16slaA9BBms0NUE)
Link 2 (http://www.theage.com.au/news/climate-watch/quest-to-make-cattle-fart-like-marsupials/2007/12/06/1196812922326.html)


After reading this story, I can't help but wonder who was the first scientist to discover that kangaroo farts did not contain methane...It conjures images of some poor biology grad student trying to capture a kangaroo fart. Ugh!

The idea is an interesting one tho.

After reading this story, I can't help but wonder who was the first scientist to discover that kangaroo farts did not contain methane...It conjures images of some poor biology grad student trying to capture a kangaroo fart. Ugh!...or some international conference of the SAE's being held in Sydney.

You know: a bunch of Foster's, a blindfolded pledge, a cattle prod, a bowl of bean dip and a kangaroo... Hey, it could happen!