#1 2011-09-27 21:46:38
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#3 2011-09-28 13:05:06
And for the original story, at least they weren't wasting them.
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#4 2011-09-28 18:03:14
GooberMcNutly wrote:
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And for the original story, at least they weren't wasting them.
Actually, they did waste them. The bison were stripped of their skins and left to rot. Only after there was millions of acres of bison bones did they realize there was a use for them.
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#5 2011-09-28 18:41:18
SilverSmythe2 wrote:
Actually, they did waste them. The bison were stripped of their skins and left to rot. Only after there was millions of acres of bison bones did they realize there was a use for them.
True, it was just a starvation tactic. Between that, smallpox and a lock on gunpowder production we won.
Don't weep for the bison, we slaughtered between fifty and a hundred thousand of them last year. They're difficult animals to raise so they'll always cost more than cow, but I love bison burger.
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#6 2011-09-28 19:32:00
opsec wrote:
SilverSmythe2 wrote:
Actually, they did waste them. The bison were stripped of their skins and left to rot. Only after there was millions of acres of bison bones did they realize there was a use for them.
True, it was just a starvation tactic. Between that, smallpox and a lock on gunpowder production we won.
Nature raises it's ugly head yet again; all is fair in the fight for survival.
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