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[Still Waters]

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Huge plant-eating dinosaurs may have produced enough greenhouse gas by breaking wind to alter the Earth's climate, research suggests.

Like huge cows, the mighty sauropods would have generated enormous quantities of methane.

Sauropods, recognisable by their long necks and tails, were widespread around 150 million years ago.

They included some of the largest animals to walk the Earth, such as Diplodocus, which measured 150 feet and weighed up to 45 tonnes.

Scientists believe that, just as in cows, methane-producing bacteria aided the digestion of sauropods by fermenting their plant food.

http://www.telegraph...ate-change.html

[OverSword]

The article is gone.

[Saru]

The front page article link was broken, it's fixed now.

[Paracelse]

Are scientist trying to tell to stop farting passing gas?

[spud the mackem]

150 million years ago
there was a lot of puff and blow
it would seem that Methane gas
ejected from Dinosaurs ass
changed the air its hard to believe
I thought its petrol fumes we breathe

[pestilent1]

Whats tomorrow's article? Did an untimely lightning strike spark off dinosaur flatulence cause their extinction?

[the L]

So Trex farts caused Climate changed. So whos farting now?

[spud the mackem]

Its fact that one Jumbo Jet going one way across the Atlantic from U.K/U.S.A or reverse,spews out more obnoxious gas than 260 cars do in one year..Its not organic life thats wrecking the planet,but try telling that to the Company's who are making mega bucks from the damage they are causing.

[CRIPTIC CHAMELEON]

What about the tons upon tons of crap that volcanoes spew out 24/7 since the dawning of time.?

[PeacefulAnarchy]

Ban Vindaloos then, cos I had one last night and I'm sure I've just added 1 deg to the Earth's global temp...  :cry:

Edited by PeacefulAnarchy, 09 May 2012 - 07:08 AM.

[Fox Mccloud]

just as cows just as i expected

[Robbie333]

Still Waters, on 07 May 2012 - 01:07 PM, said:

http://www.telegraph...ate-change.html

    First it is Bovine farts killing our world and know you tell me it all began with dinosaur farts. So whats the plan, Corks? LOL

[minera]

next it will be human flatulence due to the overpopulation. The explanations are getting more far out than ever. I am sure all land animals on the planet flatulate at one time or another including scientists. Have to blame it on anything but greenhouse gasses ...

[minera]

I wish they would come to a more realistic conclusion than flatulence....

Edited by minera, 21 July 2012 - 03:37 AM.

[minera]

it could get a bit dangerous with all those corks flying around.