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Post Info TOPIC: Save the Enviorment, eat a Roo. {kodies}


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Save the Enviorment, eat a Roo. {kodies}


Scientists in Austrailia, concerned about their amount of greenhouse gas that is released in the atmosphere, are giving an offbeat suggestion to how to reduce the amount of these gases that are released. The suggestion, is to eat more Kangaroo meat, and less cattle and sheep. When any of these animals belch or fart, they release amounts of methane gas into the air. Now even though all the animals do so, Kangaroos release significantly more that the cattle or sheep. Therefore if more Kangaroos were eaten, the greenhouse gases would be reduced.
 
Do you think this is a good idea, or is this just some crazy scientists who doesnt like Kangaroos????
File photo shows a red kangaroo and her offspring. An offbeat suggestion that Australians should eat the creatures indigenous to the country instead of cattle and sheep has been given a scientific stamp of approval by the government's top climate change adviser.(DDP/AFP/File/Stefan Simonsen)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081001/wl_asia_afp/australiaclimatefoodkangaroosoffbeat;_ylt=Arl436JJXXP4jk66mhmq6YsHcggF

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well...
i would do it

but just to save the enviroment




go green or go home right?

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Well I don't know much about the Australian ecosystem, so people who know more about that should be consulted before people start slaughtering mass amounts of Kangaroos.

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I think its a really silly theory. I'm all for being green. But really...
I am also not into eating the roos

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that is so mean. why would you eat a cute kangaroo?
i don't even eat meat.


poor kangas.

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aren't kangaroo's on the endangered list? well anyways it seems to me that in Australia they would have more cows and sheep rather then kangaroo's, so i believe that the amount methane gas Kangaroos produce doesn't matter. the reall fact here is that kangaroo meat is low in fat and high in protein, and is a delicacy. Ultimatly i eblieve we should eat more kangaroo meat

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This seems pretty outragous. Even if a kangaroo releases more methane than a cow, there are so many more cows and sheep on the planet than kangaroos that they produce way more methane gas than all the kangaroos do.

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well I don't know, i think eating Kangaroos is the cultural norm over there. and its healthier. hmm, i don't think i could ever eat the poor animal but if its what they're down with over there then go for it.

-- Edited by Janell at 18:54, 2008-10-01

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Although this is an interesting idea, I think it would be a better idea to convert their efforts into making a gas free automobile.

Not studying which animal releases the most methane.
I mean, these scientists can put their minds to something a bit more practical, right?



-- Edited by cstair23 at 18:57, 2008-10-01

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kangaroo meat was a main source of food in that reigon for most of human time, just soemthing to think about

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Hahah this is absurd. There are plenty of other things that cause the green house, and I highly doubt people switching to kangaroo meat will change it. Seriously? We should focus on changing our cars or something, not changing our meat.

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this is ridiculous!! i dont want more kangaroos dieing! thats just sad.

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Well kangaroo leather makes fantastic soccer cleats, but I can't imagine eating them. I don't believe it would the environment to eat more of these. It may look good on paper, but as we've seen before, there are tons of unexpected effects on the environment from schemes such as these.

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eh i don't see why not. meat is meat. and if it's better for the environment then that's cool with me.

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do they taste good? if they are better than sheep and other cattle, then...biggrin

i mean they really should be concerned about aerosols and other stuff with  chemicals that also have a great influence on the whole greenhouse effect; in this case animals, who were there even before the problem occured, don't poison the atmosphere that much...it's just seems so weird, this idea about kangaroos weirdface



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hhhhaha
i find it interesting that humans being are never for eating something cute

cows
chickens
turkeys
uglllyyyyyy

kangaroos
killer whales
bambi
cute



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i love deer meat chris, its a little gamey, but i love it, but maybe thats just me, I would eat an otter if they were readily availiable!

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Another factor involved in this discussion is the amount of grain, grass, etc. that is used to raise cattle for meat and/or the amount of fuel used to ship beef into island nations....perhaps kangaroo consume fewer resources to grow to full size? 

Kangaroo(s?) are cute, but allegedly pretty mean-tempered.  Though anything that can balance on its tail in order to free up its feet to kick an opponent might deserve a shot to stay off of your dinner plate (or maybe is best able to hold its own in a fair fight not to be caught!)

-- Edited by MrsCavalluzzi at 18:59, 2008-10-02

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i think its a good idea because darwin's theory is survival of the fittest and we are the fittest and need to survive.

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ehh im not so sure about eating roo's... kinda gross.. and we would have to monitor what they eat and stuff... idk.. just sounds pretty gross to me..

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erin, its not about survival of humans...its about preserving the earth, and natural selection doesnt really apply to this topic

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well i have never eaten kangaroos, and i guess it sounds kinda legit, but i wouldnt be down.

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Well, if it's already a cultural thing they do there then they should be eating more kangaroo than sheep or cattle. Every little bit counts right?

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thats stupid.

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Kangaroo is actually pretty good, and like mrs. cav said..they are mean! so why not eat 'em?

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i think this may be a little ridiculous... but hey if it helps just leave it to those cultural people...

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i think this concept of eating more kangaroos it is cruel and unusual. Their has to be a better approach to this idea!

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Kangaroo's don't have enough meat to replace cattle as a main source of meat, but that really doesn't matter. I don't think the solution to global warming is killing off more animals, especially when about 21% of mammal species are endangered. Instead we should be focusing on cleaner energy and reducing our carbon emissions.

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The thought of eating a kangaroo is just plain weird to me....I wouldn't do it, but if someone else wants to go for it.

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