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(6,322 posts)Lady Freedom Returns
(14,120 posts)Xavier Breath
(3,650 posts)Grokenstein
(5,727 posts)Rosemary's Baby: "Look what happened to me."
The Devil Within Her baby: "At least you all got franchises."
Cronenberg's maggot: "Shut up, all of you. Just shut up."
I'd note that it uncovered enough grass to graze a bit when it's done playing.
Smart kid.
Rebl2
(13,557 posts)a big baby!
Submariner
(12,509 posts)1500s An estimated 30-60 million bison roam North America, mostly on the great plains.
1830 Mass destruction of the bison begins.
1860 Construction of the railroad accelerates human settlement and killing of bison.
1870 An estimated 2 million are killed on southern plains in one year.
1872-1874 An average of 5000 bison were killed every day of these three years. Thats 5.4 million bison killed in 3 years.
1884 The bison population reaches its lowest point. Around 325 wild bison are left in the United States including 24 in Yellowstone.
1910 Due to conservation efforts, bison increase to 1,000 in the US.
2017 Today there are 500,000 bison in the US, including 5,000 in Yellowstone.
https://www.flatcreekinn.com/bison-americas-mammal/