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From: eoph12@castle.ed.ac.uk (I F Gow)
Newsgroups: sci.bio
Subject: Re: Which end of a cow smells worse?
Message-ID: <4998@castle.ed.ac.uk>
Date: 3 Jul 90 09:13:45 GMT
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Reply-To: eoph12@castle.ed.ac.uk (I F Gow)
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Cows do indeed produce methane, due to the fermentation taking place in
their stomachs.   This methane is released by "belching" and thus comes
out the front - the idea of this being a hazard to the environment was
around when I did microbiol about 10 years ago.   Maybe a real
microbiologist somewhere can illuminate?



Iain