[Omah]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/17953792

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 cows, they estimate that the population of dinosaurs - as a whole - 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.

Methane is known as a "greenhouse gas" that absorbs infrared radiation from the sun, trapping it in the Earth's atmosphere and leading to increased temperatures.

Previous studies have suggested that the Earth was up to 10C (18F) warmer in the Mesozoic Era.

Fascinating .....

[Kizzy]

Haha I was sooo close to posting this today...I found it trying to research joes BBC sex toy report

[mrlecturer]

The lighter side of science.

[Kizzy]

Yep.. It's not all hedron colliders...

[Omah]

So what would happen if you lit a sauropod fart ?

Would the dinosaur explode or take off ?

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Omah

So what would happen if you lit a sauropod fart ?

Would the dinosaur explode or take off ?

A lot of scorched earth?

[Mystic Mock]

That's fascinating, a very weird conclusion though.

[arista]

"dinosaurs could have warmed"


Could - the key word.

I do not think this was the reason
as some small creatures are still here
that were around then.

[Z]

Farting - helping us through those long winter nights.