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Tame, housebroken half-ton bison for sale by Texas owner
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Posted on 05/15/2016 8:37:11 AM PDT by BenLurkin

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1 posted on 05/15/2016 8:37:11 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Lots of steaks, roasts, and burgers. PETA>


2 posted on 05/15/2016 8:46:31 AM PDT by Reno89519 (Make America Great Again Starts with America First! I stand with Trump.)
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To: BenLurkin

“Bullet loves to chase and spar with a riding lawn mower, wheel barrow or even my truck...”

Bullet wins 2 of 3 of those.


3 posted on 05/15/2016 8:46:41 AM PDT by Carriage Hill ( A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: BenLurkin

Well, everything *is* big in Texas. Guess it applies to pets, too.


4 posted on 05/15/2016 8:48:13 AM PDT by twister881 (Politics)
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To: BenLurkin

Wild animals are never TAME.....


5 posted on 05/15/2016 9:03:15 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: carriage_hill
https://youtu.be/ULBuLedK2Nw
6 posted on 05/15/2016 9:06:42 AM PDT by disndat
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To: Nifster

Did you hear about the guy in Africa who raised a baby hippo? He swam with it, rode it and played with it every day.

He’s dead now.


7 posted on 05/15/2016 9:11:02 AM PDT by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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Yup .... that’s what happens


8 posted on 05/15/2016 9:12:32 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Fantasywriter

Are you saying the hippo killed the guy?


9 posted on 05/15/2016 9:23:25 AM PDT by Aria (2016: The gravy train v Donald Trump)
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Indeed the hippo killed the man who raised it as a baby/pet.

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/weird-wide-web/south-africa-man-killed-pet-hippo-humphrey-marius-els


10 posted on 05/15/2016 9:25:36 AM PDT by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: disndat

Those animals are not to be trifled with. “Domestication” is only temporary, until they revert to being wild.


11 posted on 05/15/2016 9:27:24 AM PDT by Carriage Hill ( A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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Wolves were eventually domesticated. Bisons will, too. They will become uglier sheep, perhaps. Or just become steak on the dinner table.


12 posted on 05/15/2016 9:31:00 AM PDT by sagar
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Bison is good eating.


13 posted on 05/15/2016 9:37:23 AM PDT by Carriage Hill ( A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Fantasywriter
Did you hear about the guy in Africa who raised a baby hippo? He swam with it, rode it and played with it every day.

He’s dead now.

It is so very sad when pets outlive their owners. /S

14 posted on 05/15/2016 9:38:09 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine (The would-be Empress has no clothes. My eyes!)
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I think hippos have a greater yearly people-kill than crocs do. Probably limiting “crocs” to those in Africa. Not sure about adding in non-Africa croc kills.


15 posted on 05/15/2016 9:39:22 AM PDT by Calvin Locke
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16 posted on 05/15/2016 9:45:40 AM PDT by JustAmy (Just Because!)
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To: BenLurkin

I want it!


17 posted on 05/15/2016 9:57:23 AM PDT by Ditter (God Bless Texas!)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

I saw your sarc tag. :)

However, in all seriousness just let me add this. Humphrey the hippo was six years old when he savagely bit and pummeled his owner to death. Frankly, I am amazed the man survived the hippo as long as he did. As soon as Humphrey matured into an adult male was the time to send him packing. The hippo is the most deadly animal in Africa. Even for a wild animal ‘pet,’ the man was pushing the envelope.


18 posted on 05/15/2016 9:57:50 AM PDT by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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Hippos will be hippos.

Clearly, this hippo liked/tolerated his owner about as much as it was possible for a hippo to do so. But there’s a limit on how far you can stretch nurture vs. nature. I think that those built-in limits are pretty clear for hippos and tigers, perhaps less so for pit bulls, but that’s a whole other discussion—which many on this thread will jump into enthusiastically.

Clearly, some animals that we don’t think of being companionable can grow to be somewhat tolerant of people. Lions come to mind... as do a couple of African hyena tamers and owners.


19 posted on 05/15/2016 10:10:13 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine (The would-be Empress has no clothes. My eyes!)
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To: Fantasywriter

Dunno.
I can’t imagine cleaning his litter box..would be a great job for Hillary after The Donald gets elected!


20 posted on 05/15/2016 10:10:21 AM PDT by Radagast the Fool (At my signal, UNLEASH PALIN!!)
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