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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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posted on
05/15/2016 8:37:11 AM PDT
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BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Lots of steaks, roasts, and burgers. PETA>
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posted on
05/15/2016 8:46:31 AM PDT
by
Reno89519
(Make America Great Again Starts with America First! I stand with Trump.)
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.
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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.)
To: BenLurkin
Well, everything *is* big in Texas. Guess it applies to pets, too.
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posted on
05/15/2016 8:48:13 AM PDT
by
twister881
(Politics)
To: BenLurkin
Wild animals are never TAME.....
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posted on
05/15/2016 9:03:15 AM PDT
by
Nifster
(I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
To: carriage_hill
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posted on
05/15/2016 9:06:42 AM PDT
by
disndat
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.
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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)
To: Fantasywriter
Yup .... that’s what happens
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posted on
05/15/2016 9:12:32 AM PDT
by
Nifster
(I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
To: Fantasywriter
Are you saying the hippo killed the guy?
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posted on
05/15/2016 9:23:25 AM PDT
by
Aria
(2016: The gravy train v Donald Trump)
To: Aria
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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)
To: disndat
Those animals are not to be trifled with. “Domestication” is only temporary, until they revert to being wild.
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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.)
To: carriage_hill
Wolves were eventually domesticated. Bisons will, too. They will become uglier sheep, perhaps. Or just become steak on the dinner table.
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posted on
05/15/2016 9:31:00 AM PDT
by
sagar
To: sagar
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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.)
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
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posted on
05/15/2016 9:38:09 AM PDT
by
Pearls Before Swine
(The would-be Empress has no clothes. My eyes!)
To: Aria
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.
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posted on
05/15/2016 9:45:40 AM PDT
by
JustAmy
(Just Because!)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
05/15/2016 9:57:23 AM PDT
by
Ditter
(God Bless Texas!)
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.
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posted on
05/15/2016 9:57:50 AM PDT
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Fantasywriter
(Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
To: Fantasywriter
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.
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05/15/2016 10:10:13 AM PDT
by
Pearls Before Swine
(The would-be Empress has no clothes. My eyes!)
To: Fantasywriter
Dunno.
I can’t imagine cleaning his litter box..would be a great job for Hillary after The Donald gets elected!
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