Australian scientists are trying to adopt the workings of a kangaroo’s stomach to be applied to cows and sheep in an effort to reduce gas emissions that cause global warming.
According to the researchers, kangaroo stomach bacteria inhabited with special exhaust gas contains no methane kangaroos that had been considered to play a role in global warming. The researchers wanted to move the bacteria similar to the cow and sheep’s stomach to reduce methane emissions from the stomach animals.
Keep in mind, most greenhouse gas pollution comes from combustion in factories, industries and motor vehicles. But in some countries, livestock waste gases proved to have a high contribution of greenhouse gases contribute not environmentally friendly.
“Fourteen percent of gas emissions in Australia come from the stomachs of cows and sheep fart out when large amounts of methane,” said Athol Klieve, a senior researcher at the Queensland reported. “And if we calculate the methane gas emissions in New Zealand, which has more farms, the percentage had reached 50 percent.”
Scientists say, the kangaroo bacteria in the stomach also makes the digestive process more efficient and potentially save millions of dollars of feed costs for farmers.
“Not only to reduce methane gas, these bacteria will also produce about 10 to 15 percent more energy than that consumed animal food,” said Klieve.
However, researchers still need three years to isolate the bacteria before they can be “raised” in the cow and sheep’s stomach.