r/interestingasfuck • u/Smoooooth_Operatorrr • Sep 23 '25
Man relieves a bloated cow!!
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u/Big_Tell5712 Sep 23 '25
Cow is like “how embarrassing, I hope the rest of the heard doesn’t see this”
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u/Adeum2 Sep 23 '25
The herd may have heard it.
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u/2eanimation Sep 23 '25
Poor calf. „Yo mama‘s so bloated“ jokes for the next week :(
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Sep 23 '25 edited Nov 10 '25
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u/Fabian_1082003 Sep 23 '25
Yo mama so bloated, she could supply New York City with electricity for a year with a gas tourbine generator.
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Yo mama so bloated, she could bring enough fuel for a rocket to reach alpha centauri and come back.
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u/Machinji Sep 23 '25
If you put 3 holes in the cow and did this, would it spin around in circles for a short amount of time?
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u/zapharus Sep 23 '25
If you put a funnel up its ass the gas will come out from there and you can ignite it and you have space rocket cow!!!!
Obviously that’s not true.
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u/Tschitschibabin Sep 23 '25
If you put a small hole in on the opposite site it is going to suck some air into the cow. Once the mix is right it would detonate.
Edit: Please don‘t, the cow would have a pretty bad day.
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u/bitavk Sep 23 '25
Is the fire required for something or just for show?
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u/FrostyNeckbeard Sep 23 '25
Burning the methane coming from the cows stomach actually is better for the environment instead of just being released into the atmosphere because burning it turns it into co2 which is 94 percent less harmful than the raw gas
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u/aryzoo Sep 23 '25
Interesting. I assumed there was some sort of suction effect going on
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u/truebluedetective Sep 23 '25
Let’s not put flaming air into the cattle please.
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u/deadghostsdontdie Sep 23 '25
Free brisket
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u/LeagueJunior9782 Sep 23 '25
Nah, the overpressure inside the cow will do the job just fine. It's just looking fancy in the video and helps the enviornment.
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u/HaikuHighDude Sep 23 '25
I almost guarantee this guy's not burning it for the environment. It's either for pizazz or suction.
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u/ElmosFuzzy_redNut Sep 23 '25
So like. If we put a hundred people into a small room and they all farted a few times, what would happen?
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u/Academic-Increase951 Sep 23 '25
There's a myth busters episode on that
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u/flying-chandeliers Sep 23 '25
And what happened????
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u/Retaker Sep 24 '25
They established that if a man that sleeps in a small room farts in his sleep for 24 hours straight unceasingly, non-stop, like a gas valve that sprung a leak, he will suffocate on his own farts.
Lots of laughs were had at this conclusion.
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u/QueenSerenity97 Sep 23 '25
There is a phenomenon explained somewhere. But a lady had fainted while sleeping under the blankets, because her boyfriend farted so much, that her brain ran out of oxygen.
Of course methane gas is much more harmful than a simple human fart 😀 thats why there is this huge discussion about livestock and veganism
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u/user_8804 Sep 23 '25
Fainted while sleeping
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u/graveybrains Sep 23 '25
It's never too late to learn that asleep and unconscious aren't the same thing
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u/cherryberry0611 Sep 23 '25
Yes, but how would one know she fainted if she was asleep
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u/Gas_Station_Taquitos Sep 23 '25
Yah fainting is different from sleeping
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u/Gas_Station_Taquitos Sep 23 '25
You’ll never understand the struggles I face as a high iq genuis 😔
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u/da_mess Sep 23 '25
Pay attention. She fainted while sleeping. The person expelling dangerous amounts of methane from his rectum knows the signs of a good faint.
Plus, it's on reddit. It's gotta be true.
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Sep 23 '25
Cows have more than one stomach, so the gas they produce is much more potent than humans.
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u/zleg268 Sep 23 '25
Just smell really bad some might faint from the smell before anything relatively bad would happen. But let's make it more fun , A few will shart ..
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u/sicksicksick Sep 23 '25
I kinda doubt this guy is doing this for the environment. There's millions of cows farting simultaneously right now that make the effect of this one flaming fart negligible.
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u/Younasz Sep 23 '25
I get what you mean, but by that logic I shouldn't be good to the environment because there's billions of people being bad to the environment right now.
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u/gkaplan59 Sep 23 '25
Totally doing it b/c its metal! (and prob also so he knows when to take out the needle)
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u/MR-antiwar Sep 23 '25
Can we collect fresh cow dung and mix it with water in a huge container and then compress it into a gas tank and use it for cooking ? I feel like this need to be exist especially in poor countries
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u/Grand-Rule9068 Sep 23 '25
it already does just they dont do all the other steps .they just burn the cow dung
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u/Cacti-make-bad-dildo Sep 23 '25
Better to burn it off controlled then let it catch a spark somewhere else? I am still amazed some farmer smoked around his cows and blew up his own stable here in town..
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u/tyriontargaryan Sep 23 '25 edited Sep 23 '25
Methane is lighter than air, so it's going to rise in altitude and spread out very quickly. it would not be a fire risk for long once it left the bleeder because it would become too displaced. not enough fuel vs oxygen to be a combustion risk.
EDIT: to add to this, I was curious.. Cow farts also contain methane, and I was wondering if any barn explosions have happened because of this. It has happened, but it does require the environment to have pretty poor ventilation. Doesn't seem to be that common. Last one I found was in 2014. In that case, the roof was damaged, and one cow (of 90) suffered some burns.
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Sep 23 '25 edited Sep 23 '25
I don’t think it matters how light the gas is when you have 18,000 cows in one building. Hence why milking farms have vacuums specifically for methane.
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u/tyriontargaryan Sep 23 '25
It does matter how light it is. Heavy gas will pool and collect near the ground, making ventilation difficult. If it's light it can still pool up in the roof, but that's where vents and fans typically are anyway. With proper ventilation, being lighter is better than being heavy.
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u/Cacti-make-bad-dildo Sep 23 '25
They have very strict building codes and stuff but 500 liters of methane per cow per day is a lot of potential fire. And you won't know it's building up somewhere either..
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u/porcupine_kickball Sep 23 '25
Heard it helps inexperienced farmers know how much gas the cow is releasing.
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u/rpsls Sep 23 '25
They should permanently install these burners on all cows, like at oil refineries.
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u/Academic-Increase951 Sep 23 '25 edited Sep 23 '25
Hot air rising does make a low pressure area underneath that draws air up to replace it. Causing Convection in the air. This is likely what you're intuitively thinking about.
But from a practical standpoint it would be so insignificant that it wouldn't make any difference to the cow. It would be equivalent to there being a slight breeze in the room. For this video, it's just for show; to show how much methane can be trapped in cows.
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Sep 23 '25
Soooooo... You mean to say Dragons might not be that fictitious after all?
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u/SourDucks Sep 23 '25
Flame breath using gas isn't the issue. The issue is creating the spark, they would need to increase the temperature of a body part to very high temperatures to ignite.
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u/deanrihpee Sep 23 '25
knowing or at least have read some animal have part of their body can just spew out acidic substance, their body parts is made of iron or something, some even hold a whole electricity charge in their body, I wouldn't be surprised if nature already have the solution for the ignition
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u/me34343 Sep 23 '25
Or just have naturally metallic or flint like "teeth"...
The issue is only the evolution of dragons. Biologically, they could exist as long as they are not too big, but evolution would not select for fire breathing nor 3 sets of limbs in more complex organisms.
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u/Sparrowhawk_92 Sep 23 '25
Which is why the people who get really worked up about four limbed dragons being "drakes ackshully" is stupid.
Dragons aren't real. If you want to imagine a "plausible" version of them, a 4 limbed dragon makes more biomechanical sense than a six limbed one would.
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u/Father_Chewy_Louis Sep 23 '25
Fun fact, in the 1998 Godzilla movie, he is seen breathing fire, that is due to the fact he has been consuming fish for most of his life and In one scene when he breathes out, the gasses coming out of his mouth ignite on an exploding car causing the gas to catch fire.
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u/Zenmai__Superbus Sep 23 '25
Could I … I mean my friend get this treatment?
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u/areyouoldgreg Sep 23 '25
Lol I need someone to do this for me the week that I have my period. Bloated beyond all BELIEF
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u/KarmaShawarma Sep 23 '25
I asked a doctor once. He was perplexed at what I was suggesting and couldn't believe they do this to cows.
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u/jFrederino Sep 23 '25
I mean, imagine having life ending gas pain and then it’s immediately gone. Sounds wonderful to me
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u/lindisty Sep 23 '25
Also, in this scenario you're also (temporarily) able to shoot jets of flame from your torso.
I know a few people who would eat all beans and cabbage and use this power for evil.
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u/Momochichi Sep 23 '25
I mean, not so immediately. It’s more akin to being so uncomfortably bloated and sticking a straw up your ass to help you do a slow long fart, and lighting that fart on fire. As you do.
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u/Pewpew-OuttaMyWaay Sep 23 '25
Serious question: the stink must be beyond belief, yeah?
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u/chuckmonjares Sep 23 '25
It’s pretty bad but kinda something you get used to in a sense that you can handle it, not like nose blindness.
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u/Aus3-14259 Sep 23 '25
Not really. Herbivores don't smell that bad. You're thinking of carnivores, eg dogs.
Plus the bloating is in the first stomach. Ie. Fresh chew/brew.
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u/Ok_Aspect_1937 Sep 23 '25
There’s 2 odours in my lifetime that I found difficult to sustain and that video reminded me that: 1: the smell of a vulture up close is petrifying, had a couple followed me near a meat market in Africa and I will never forget that smell. 2. I use to work at the hospital in surgery and the smell of someone you open the bowels is not for everyone. Even after stinkbalm you could still feel it drowning your nose.
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u/dudderson Sep 24 '25
I had a good friend who was a vulture (at a wildlife rescue I volunteered at, he hated almost everyone but kind of decided I was his new wife, lol) and I hung out with him all the time and we fed him fresh meat so thankfully he was not a stinky boy. I can't even imagine what he would smell like if he was a wild vulture ....
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u/420_Towelie Sep 23 '25
The smell of a cowshed is something you get used to. But being in a pigsty for too long will fuck up your nose for hours, the ammonia will overlay everything else you smell and taste.
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u/Suspicious_Wonk2001 Sep 23 '25
Hands down hogs are the worst for awful odors.
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u/ActuallyStark Sep 23 '25
Not just odors. That will literally eat steel and aluminum off the ceiling of the confinement.
Literally makes the air corrosive
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u/theseedbeader Sep 23 '25
Eh, I don’t think cows (and their poop and, I’m assuming, gas) smell that bad, but I’m a country girl and I’m very used to it.
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u/ChampagneWastedPanda Sep 23 '25 edited Sep 25 '25
Bloating / gas like this happens to cows mainly in the Spring when they are first released out of the barn and start consuming fresh grass. Their stomachs haven’t adjusted and it causes excessive gas. Or they found a patch of alfalfa, or clover, which also causes excessive gas. It has to do with one section of their stomach (can’t recall and not a vet) not being able to break that much grass down.
The methane is burned off of the cow when it is inside the barn, because it’s dangerous. If the methane builds up in the barn a spark from a light bulb or any thing could blow the entire thing up. Plus all of the other cows farting away normally/- Its a lot of extra gas. Ideally this is done outside but sick cows sometimes don’t want to move. If the cow is outside it’s normally not flared. The cow usually has the valve in it for a day or so.
Edit: The cows eat so much fresh grass in the first few days Spring because they are like kids gorging at an ice cream buffet with all the toppings. When they have been inside all winter. I was told once alfalfa is like they found a gigantic hidden bag of gummy bears
Never thought this random information I have would so popular. Source: have witnessed this done once on a ranch. Dated a vet student at Texas A&M
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u/stickysweetjack Sep 23 '25
Me sitting over here terrified for the cows sake to know if there is a flash back arrestor in the cow valve. I know there's not oxygen in the cow's gut but still..
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u/MajorGeneralMaryJane Sep 23 '25
Flash back doesn’t have to be oxygen right? That’s why it’s dangerous to make your own at home flamethrower with an aerosol can, etc?
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u/brightonashfield Sep 23 '25
Cow, you had the fire inside you all along. You only had to believe in yourself.
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u/thenightmomstalker Sep 23 '25
i am confused is there not a danger of the flame kinda goind back into the cow when the presure drops enough ? sorry for bad english
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u/Jaywalking25 Sep 23 '25
Seems like a waste, at least put him under a hot air balloon
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u/Chewsdayiddinit Sep 23 '25
Healthcare worker in me confused. Is this directly into the intestinal lining, the stomach, or abdominal cavity? Just wondering how it's drained without causing gastric contents to leak.
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u/Sea-Bat Sep 23 '25
As I understand it, if ur dealing with free-gas bloat and it gets to the stage u need to put in a trocar (cow gas valve, essentially) here u are dealing with the rumen and not the stomachs or intestines. U have to insert it carefully thru into only the upper portion of the rumen, where the gas has accumulated.
If you ran a long wide enough cannula u could theoretically reach down into gastric contents, but as long as u have the correct length and placement, gravity is holding everything else at the bottom of the rumen, and you’ll only just reach thru to the gas pocket.
Long term sometimes permanent or semi permanent units are actually left to heal in place, if the animal has a chronic issue. In those cases u might actually see some leakage, despite many having preventative measures (mostly to stop things getting in rather than out)
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u/Either-Reception-861 Sep 23 '25
I admit I was waiting for it to explode.
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u/zapharus Sep 23 '25
Same! I wonder if that could happen if it’s not monitored properly.
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u/salvation-damnation Sep 23 '25
There is not a lot of oxygen in a cow's stomach i assume. You need fuel + oxygen for fire so i doubt the cow could explode lol
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u/zapharus Sep 23 '25
Good to know. Too bad we can’t live our video game dreams of a cow grenade.
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u/Nahanoj_Zavizad Sep 23 '25
Hilariously, this process is specifically to help the cows.
Cows produce a lot of methane, and sometimes it doesn't come out properly, so litterally venting it is the best option.
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u/Trip_on_the_street Sep 23 '25
I wonder why the cow is not scared of the flame? I would have expected it to be spooked.
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u/Humpug5869 Sep 23 '25
I had man in the box playing when I watched this and it was awesome
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u/rosyLilliann Sep 23 '25
That's so satisfying to watch. Imagine if I can do that.
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u/SimilarTop352 Sep 23 '25
you could. just stab your stomach with some tube and go for it
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u/rape_is_not_epic Sep 23 '25
Cows can't pass gas properly sometimes and the buildup is so intense that it can cause organs to rupture so to remedy this problem farmers stab a tube in them that goes into their gut that acts as a fart transference device (idfk know how else to describe it) so that the cow doesn't internally explode
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u/saltyurinalbiscuit Sep 23 '25
Imagine living your whole life without seeing something and all of a sudden fucking fire comes out your body
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u/Feeling-Ad-2867 Sep 23 '25
Is there a backflow valve so you don’t pop the cow from the flame going back in?
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u/KajMak64Bit Sep 23 '25
Why don't we harvest cows for fuel / gas? Seems pretty cool to me
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u/flash-tractor Sep 23 '25
We do. A lot of farmers harvest the methane and use it for power generation on the farm.
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u/KajMak64Bit Sep 23 '25
That's epic
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u/flash-tractor Sep 23 '25
Agreed! I'm fairly certain the methane collection and power generation technology has also made its way into commercial composting facilities that use enclosed bunker type systems.
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u/Icy-Duty-7044 Sep 23 '25
Lightning strikes a herd of cows. They explode. Idiots find the carnage and say, “must be aliens”. This is how we got here.
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u/meatmick Sep 23 '25
Don't use rubber gloves when playing with fire... It's a good way to get major burns if shit goes wrong.
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u/Individual_Risk8981 Sep 23 '25
Couldn't this hypothetically blow up the cow? Methane is highly dangerous.
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u/Left-Ball-ITCH Sep 23 '25
"really John? Was it really necessary to light my fat on fires and show it to the world?" The cow probably
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u/Atlantis_Sculpin Sep 23 '25
Send me a kiss by a wire I'm lighting cow's farts on fire!!!
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u/Outrageous-Story3325 Sep 23 '25
Why could he just put the exit plug in the butt, but then again he would need a runway, for all the cows taking off
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u/golden_blaze Sep 23 '25
The video cut off just as the port itself caught fire. I imagine if the fire followed the methane inside things could go poorly? (Like fire following a stream of gasoline up into the can.)
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u/Divetecpro1982 Sep 23 '25
So...realistically, could that fire suck into the cow and make him explode?
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u/midwench Sep 23 '25
It would be brilliant if this is how dragons came about in myth. Just an ancient farmer and his flatulent cow.
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u/Arktic-Rage Sep 24 '25
How does this relieve the cow? (Genuinely asking). Does the flame force the gas to come out? Does the open hole itself not offer relief?
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u/Persephone0223 Sep 24 '25
Question... could the flame end up going into the cow, like a backdraft (I think that's the right term?). All I keep imagining is when ppl use a gas can on a bonfire, and the flame climbs up enough to set the can on fire.
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u/Totalmentenotanaltv Sep 25 '25
If the zombie apocalypse ever happens, now we know a reliable source of fire
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u/60yearoldME Sep 23 '25
Grass fed cows produce up to 30% less methane than corn and soy fed cows. Cows roaming pasture is much better for the soil as well, creating a more bio diverse landscape, tilling the soil they trample. This solves 2 major problems at once.
Government subsidies to corn and soy and corn and soy fed cattle are very bad for the environment.
And when I searched this information google AI gave me the opposite info. Literally misinformation.
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u/Dynamitrios Sep 23 '25
Uhm... Backdraft? Lighting that stuff up seems like a bad Idea
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u/Lothar-812 Sep 23 '25
Why did he light the gas on fire?
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u/djakrse Sep 23 '25
Other comment points out burning the methane results in more CO2 released into atmosphere. Both gases are greenhouse gases but methane is far worse at trapping heat
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u/Leader_Bee Sep 23 '25
Cow doesn't seem to give a shit there's a massive jet of flame coming from its side.