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Do Cow Farts Really Significantly Contribute to Global Warming? (2016x171)

Udgivelsesdato: Aug 20, 2016

→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 →How "Dick" came to be short for 'Richard': https://youtu.be/BH1NAwwKtcg?list=PLR0XuDegDqP2Acy6g9Ta7hzC0Rr3RDS6q Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! More from TodayIFoundOut Frogs Don't "Ribbit" and 10 Other Animal Facts https://youtu.be/gzuX2fTzJhY?list=PLR0XuDegDqP1IHZBUZvKkPwkTr6Gr0OBO How the Dung Beetle Uses the Stars to Navigate https://youtu.be/Kq65MOLx4es?list=PLR0XuDegDqP2yEk58fgohft2Z1nhcmwis In this video: There are currently approximately 1.3 to 1.5 billion cows grazing, sleeping, and chewing their cud at any given time on planet Earth. And these 1,300 pound (average weight for both a beef and dairy cow) animals eat a lot. Much like humans, when they eat, gas builds up inside of their guts and has to be expelled. (See Why Beans Make You Fart) Cows fart and burp… a lot. The result is a large amount of methane being introduced into the atmosphere. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/04/cow-farts-really-significantly-contribute-global-warming/ Sources: http://science.howstuffworks.com/zoology/methane-cow1.htm http://change.nature.org/2011/04/01/no-fooling-cow-burps-and-farts-contribute-to-climate-change/ http://scienceline.ucsb.edu/getkey.php?key=1734 http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/11/26/big-methane-burp-cows-refineries-spew-gas/ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/globalwarming/9334019/Flatulent-cows-gas-emissions-measured-by-scientists.html http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/2006/1000448/index.html http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/holycow http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/512706/ruminant http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruminant http://www.epa.gov/rlep/faq.html http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/business-economy/dairy-industry http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11170158 h