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Ninety flatulent cows start fire at dairy farm in Germany

(Germany) The methane gas released by 90 flatulent cows caused an explosion in a farm shed in Germany, damaging the roof and injuring one of the animals, local police said.


In a statement, the force said high levels of the methane gas had built up within the structure in the central German town of Rasdorf on Monday thanks to animals belches and flatulence, before “a static electric charge caused the gas to explode with flashes of flames."

The subsequent blast damaged the roof of the cow shed, Reuters reported. Emergency services who attended the scene took gas readings to check for any potential further blasts.

Additional reporting by Reuters

Full story: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ninety-flatulent-cows-start-fire-at-dairy-farm-in-germany-9089801.html

-- THE INDEPENDENT 2014-02-04

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Sure. I lived on a farm. My uncle used to always blame the cows everytime he farted.

Get a few of those beer drinkers in a shed and kaboom. cheesy.gif

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Up to date news. This event happened on 27 January...one week ago.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/27/us-germany-cows-idUSBREA0Q1HY20140127

Having said that, there is some school of thought growing that people are not responsible for global warming. It is the larger mammals along with their brothers the whales.

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Whale flatulence stuns scientists
By Simon Benson August 14, 2003
IT'S one of the unfortunate consequences of being a mammal - flatulence.
And, more unfortunately for a group of whale researchers, nature took its course right under their noses - literally.
The researchers claim this is the first photograph of a minke whale letting one go in the icy waters of Antarctica.
It was taken from the bow of a research vessel.
"We got away from the bow of the ship very quickly ... it does stink," said Nick Gales, a research scientist from the Australian Antarctic Division.
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In addition, there is this theory that has been circulated earlier. This could start an entire environmental series of government grants to scientists around the world to study this phenomanon.
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Dinosaur gases 'warmed the Earth'
By Ella Davies
Reporter, BBC Nature
Giant dinosaurs could have warmed the planet with their flatulence, say researchers.
British scientists have calculated the methane output of sauropods, including the species known as Brontosaurus.
By scaling up the digestive wind of horses, they estimate that the total population of dinosaurs, produced 520 million tonnes of gas annually.
They suggest the gas could have been a key factor in the warm climate 150 million years ago.
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Ignore this at your own peril!!!!
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Says one upset cow to another "I'm sick of being a work slave in this freaking barn",...

"yeah me too,.. says another"

a 3rd chimes in "let's start farting and blow the roof of this joint"!

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It was a dairy farm. Dairy cows are usually thin. What they eat goes into the bucket, not on the ribs.

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