Huge, Hairy, And Scary

[pastafreak]

But aren't they magnificent?

[Buenchico]

>>> "Huge, Hairy, And Scary".

Thanks, Pasta. I've always wanted to hear that from a woman ;-)

[Buenchico]

Oh, and I think that the bison are lovely too ;-)

[wolf63]

I love big hairy German police officers. :-)

I don't think we have many Bison in Scotland.

[pastafreak]

This is the full length video...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-2541375/Video-Herd-150-BISON-surround-SUV-Yellowstone-National-Park.html

Glad to oblige Chris ;))

[calmck]

They smell horrible. Did a snowmobile trek through Yellowstone. They can run up to 45 mph. You are told to stop and keep still if you come across them but they have minds of their own!! They have been known to kill. Magnificent all the same

[Atheist]

And to think there used to be millions of them. Until Europeans arrived and killed most of them and their traditional companions, the native American humans.

[pastafreak]

Most of the buffalo were slaughtered after the American Civil War...so I'd not blame it on Europeans but on Americans. Some historians say the native Americans were also involved along with other hunters...selling bison skins and meat for cash. That, combined with the westward movement and the building of the railways, contributed to the slaughter.

[albaqwerty]

I'm glad they were walking. However, that's quite a tailback!!

Magnificent beasts.

[goodgoalie]

I thought a bison is what people in Birmingham wash their dishes in

[Peter Pedant]

erm no I fear killing the bison was a way of controlling the Indian population - the kill rate was such that you cdnt sell the skins....

[Peter Pedant]

oh very good
washing ploits in a bison in a nice hice

[pastafreak]

Peter@23:12...yes, there were groups who wanted to control or better yet, obliterate Native Americans, but the selling of skins, along with the leather produced, was hugely profitable for both white trappers but also for native Americans who, it's theorized, changed their hunting techniques to adapt.
This wiki article explains a lot...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bison_hunting

[Toorak]

I thought this thread was about Brian Blessed :-)

[tonyav]

LOL ^^^^^^


Wonderful creatures ( wouldn't want to get into an argument with one )