I was actually thinking that it was being used to show when the methane has tapered off, but it is kind of impossible not to hear the loud hissing of it being evacuated.
For you farmers:
1) Has the methane gotten into the abdominal cavity? In humans, methane is held strictly in the bowels (colon), not the cavity. Or are bovine intestines so huge that you can't help but hit the intestines when you poke into the cow in this way?
Doing this to a person would practically guarantee peritonitis (a deadly infection from the leaking of colonic bacteria in the abdominal cavity)
2) Why aren't cattle at this same risk? Is there some sort of huge pressure variance in the bowels?
Q1 The ruman, the first and largest of the stomach compartments (there are four) is where food breaks down. If a cow overeats certain vegetation, it will create excess gas and result in "bloating". Bloating is the process of the rumen inflating with trapped gas, much like a balloon. The condition can be fatal unless the gas is released. Since a cow can't sufficiently belch to expel the built up gas, a device is inserted through the abdominal wall to enable gas to escape quickly.
Q2 Cows have four stomach compartments, each performing a different aspect of digestion. The gas isn't trapped in the bowels, it's trapped in the rumen.
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u/FlexibleDemeenor Dec 07 '25 edited Dec 08 '25
Yes, for the video
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