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Bison named Sparky survives being struck by lighting
News96.5 ^
| Jan. 11, 2016
| Samantha Jordan
Posted on 01/11/2016 9:54:08 PM PST by Daffynition
If bison had 9 lives, Sparky has used up eight of them.
This lucky bison is a resident at the Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge in Iowa and managed to survive being struck by lightning in 2013.
According to a press release from the U.S. Department of Interior, Sparky's prognosis wasn't good and they weren't sure he would survive.
"But he proved us wrong!"
(Excerpt) Read more at news965.com ...
TOPICS: Outdoors; Pets/Animals; Weather
KEYWORDS: bison; buffalo; sparky
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To: beaversmom
Thank you for the link 'Mom.... **suspected father of three calves** ....uh huh ... absentee fathers....the scourge of civilization.
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01/12/2016 4:18:59 AM PST
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Daffynition
(*Security, confiscate their coats. Get them out of here. It's 10 below zero out there ~DJT)
To: Daffynition
That’s the way those Bison-Americans do. :(
To: JoeProBono
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01/12/2016 4:28:02 AM PST
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Daffynition
(*Security, confiscate their coats. Get them out of here. It's 10 below zero out there ~DJT)
To: beaversmom
And it's not even hump-day, Larry.
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01/12/2016 4:39:21 AM PST
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Daffynition
(*Security, confiscate their coats. Get them out of here. It's 10 below zero out there ~DJT)
To: jocon307; beaversmom
Hey Jo
Beaversmom found an article that says *Sparky* got his name after the accident.
See post #37. :)
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01/12/2016 4:47:10 AM PST
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Daffynition
(*Security, confiscate their coats. Get them out of here. It's 10 below zero out there ~DJT)
To: Daffynition
Lol...naughty, filthy animals.
To: r_barton
Beasty looking.
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01/12/2016 4:58:23 AM PST
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Daffynition
(*Security, confiscate their coats. Get them out of here. It's 10 below zero out there ~DJT)
To: r_barton
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01/12/2016 5:00:07 AM PST
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Daffynition
(*Security, confiscate their coats. Get them out of here. It's 10 below zero out there ~DJT)
To: Daffynition
Another sign that America can pull itself out of the present morass.
To: Terry L Smith
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01/12/2016 5:11:19 AM PST
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Daffynition
(*Security, confiscate their coats. Get them out of here. It's 10 below zero out there ~DJT)
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Hunt us to extinction? Yeah, nice try.
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01/12/2016 12:25:44 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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