Potty-trained cows? Teaching cattle where to urinate could help reduce greenhouse gases

Mongabay
Nov 30, 2021, 11:02 am228 pts
Cows aren’t too bullheaded or dumb to learn new bathroom habits. Researchers showed this by toilet-training a small group of calves in a toilet they designed and dubbed the MooLoo. If they can scale up this approach to farms, the scientists believe it could help cut nitrous oxide emissions from cattle…

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