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³=START=   XMT: 11:51 Wed Oct 23  EXP: 12:00 Wed Oct 30      ³
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³SCIENTIST SAYS DINOSAUR FLATULENCE MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO  ³
³GLOBAL WARMING                                              ³
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³SAN DIEGO (OCT. 23) UPI - Dinosaur flatulence may have      ³
³contributed to global warming millions of years ago, an     ³
³Indiana University scientist says.                          ³
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³Simon Brassell, a geochemist who has studied fossilized     ³
³dinosaur droppings, presented a paper at the annual meeting ³
³of the Geological Society of America advancing his theory.  ³
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³He said the fossilized dung included evidence of prehistoric³
³bacteria that could have resulted from the fermentation of  ³
³plant stems and leaves. Such fermentation produces methane  ³
³gas, one of the ''greenhouse gases'' that trap heat in the  ³
³Earth's atmosphere.                                         ³
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³He said scientists have disputed for years the nature of    ³
³dinosaur digestion, many speculating that fermentation was  ³
³involved - as it is in the digestive systems of elephants   ³
³and other large mammals - but had been unable to prove it.  ³
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³Brassell and his associates found that proof, he said.      ³
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