Kangaroos Offer Clues to Global Warming

Posted By: 
Wayne Hayes
Posted On: 
Tuesday, June 4th, 2002

Hoping to do their part in the fight against greenhouse gases, Australian researchers believe they have stumbled onto something momentous. Studying the business end of farm animals, scientists have discovered that where ruminants such as cows and sheep produce lots of methane, kangaroos emit none. Attributing such a phenomenon to bacteria in the gut of the kangaroo, the scientific community hopes to put a cork in some fifteen percent of Australia's greenhouse gas emissions. One can't help but wonder, could help for men be just around the corner?