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July 22, 2012 - Skull Mountain
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If a picture is worth a thousand words, then this picture is worth many thousands of bison. This photo from the 1870s shows a man proudly standing in front of a mountain of tens of thousands of bison skulls - an iconic American species that was systematically slaughtered by the millions as European Americans settled the west. The US Army actively endorsed the wholesale slaughter of these animals for two main reasons: to remove any competition with cattle, and to starve Native American tribes who greatly depended on the bison for food. Without the bison, the resisting tribes of the Great Plains would either be forced to leave or die of starvation. More than a century after this dark period in our history, the bison is making a comeback. After living on the brink of extinction, this American icon is slowly but steadily returning to the Great Plains - one baby bison at a time. You can watch a video of how Native American communities and conservation groups like Earthjustice are fighting to bring back the bison |
footfootfoot Sunday Jul 22 08:20 AM
You gotta Fight
For your Right
to BIIIIIIIIIIISON!
ZenGum Sunday Jul 22 08:24 AM
What a bone head.
Lamplighter Sunday Jul 22 09:57 AM
| You can watch a video of how Native American communities and conservation groups like Earthjustice are fighting to bring back the bison. |
My wife buys bison meat at a local supermarket fairly regularly,
so it is becoming a profitable business for Oregon ranchers.
Sundae Sunday Jul 22 10:33 AM
What I like best about the American buffalo?
The Latin name is bison bison.
KISS.
xoxoxoBruce Sunday Jul 22 06:26 PM
I know of two Bison farms in Lancaster County, PA. There are probably more.
Most of those skulls came from professional hunters, at first for the hides, then somebody figured out they could grind the bones for fertilizer. The meat still was wasted for the most part, though.
SPUCK Monday Jul 23 06:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Sundae
What I like best about the American buffalo?
The Latin name is bison bison. KISS. |
Oh yeah? Well a Boa's Latin name is constrictor constrictor constrictor. So there!
ZenGum Monday Jul 23 07:31 AM
What's the difference between a buffalo and a bison?
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Ever tried washing your hands in a buffalo?
footfootfoot Monday Jul 23 08:14 AM
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Originally Posted by ZenGum
What's the difference between a buffalo and a bison?
. . . Ever tried washing your hands in a buffalo? |
Gravdigr Monday Jul 23 12:21 PM
About a month ago I read an article in one of my hunting mags, that cast a new light on the whole bison-wiped-out-by-man situation.
I'll see if I can find it.
Happy Monkey Monday Jul 23 12:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Sundae
What I like best about the American buffalo?
The Latin name is bison bison. KISS. |
Gravdigr Monday Jul 23 12:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Gravdigr
About a month ago I read an article in one of my hunting mags, that cast a new light on the whole bison-wiped-out-by-man situation.
I'll see if I can find it. |
I may copy it for your perusal.
Later though, I got a funeral to go to. I put the 'fun' in funeral.
Gravdigr Monday Jul 23 03:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Gravdigr
...I got a funeral to go to. I put the 'fun' in funeral.
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I was there, and I don't believe it.
He was buried with his cell phone in his hand. ETA: Flipped open, hand on his chest, like he was checking his messages.
No shit. A Razr.
Lamplighter Monday Jul 23 03:16 PM
Finally, actual graveside humor
Leus Monday Jul 23 04:10 PM
Yep, I can't believe. A freakin' RAZR?
Gravdigr Monday Jul 23 04:15 PM
Believe me when I say, if I had known the number, and if I hadn't left my phone in the car, I would've totally called him!
Right in the middle of 'The Old, Rugged Cross'.
P.S. Dear Cancer, Fuck you.
Gravdigr Monday Jul 23 04:15 PM
Sorry for the thread hijack.
glatt Monday Jul 23 04:17 PM
Don't be sorry. That's awesome.
footfootfoot Monday Jul 23 06:38 PM
When I die, want you to dress me in straght laced shoes
A box back coat and a Stetson hat;
Put a twenty-dollar gold piece on my watch chain
So the boys know I died standin' pat.
SPUCK Tuesday Jul 24 06:19 AM
Sounds like the deceased beat you to it Gravdigr. e.g. putting the 'fun in it'.
ZenGum Tuesday Jul 24 06:34 AM
Cue highly inappropriate (or appropriate, depending) musical ring tone.
Gravdigr Wednesday Jul 25 04:20 PM
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Originally Posted by SPUCK
Sounds like the deceased beat you to it Gravdigr. e.g. putting the 'fun in it'.
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The guy did like to laugh.
Griff Friday Jul 27 02:24 PM
No more buffalo.
Clodfobble Friday Jul 27 04:03 PM
There must be some, somewhere, because they sell buffalo meat at Whole Foods.
xoxoxoBruce Saturday Jul 28 09:30 AM
There are, several national parks and a shitload of private herds.
Griff Saturday Jul 28 12:32 PM
Yep. McMurtry is using the lack of true free ranging (not free range™) buffalo as a metaphor for growing up or old or giving up the illusion of freedom. Or its just a song.
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