Qld to spend $1m on sheep fart study


	Qld to spend $1m on sheep fart study

tabsey

4-11-2009 4:42 AM

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sheep, farts.

tabsey says:

A pic of a very attractive sheep for the Kiwis is included.

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4-11-2009 7:40 AM

lifecyce1898

Termites fart the most, it's their high fiber diet.

4-11-2009 8:25 AM

tabsey

I shall sleep well

4-11-2009 2:44 PM

ratcatcher2

How about finding out how to reduce the amount of greenhouse gas blown out by cattle and sheep.

My understand, certainly in the case of cattle, that it's not from the back end that the gases emit but from one of the 4 stomachs.

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