Kangaroo farts could help slow climate change

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By hrichmondMar 26, 2014, 12:31 pm19 pts
Not only are kangaroos cuter than cows — those built-in overalls! — but their farts contain way less planet-warming methane. (They aren’t totally methane-free, as scientists once thought, but the amount per food unit is about 80 percent less than cows.) And scientists think the intricacies of kangaroos’…

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