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  It’s bear arms, not bison arms.
context: I walked with a heard in Wyoming and got the sense that they would fuck up a car that hit them. How did 13 die? >
  
  Apparently it was a large semi-truck >
  
  Like a semi-semi >
  
  A quarterly >
  
  Pickups actually used to be called by how much payload they could carry. So you had half, three-quarter, and one ton.
  They’re still called that of course, but even a half ton these days can carry a ton. And a one ton pickup can carry 3 and a half with duallies. 
  Random tangentially related truck fact of the day. Course I think there’d have been a slightly better outcome if they’d been hit by 2 to 5 tons of pickup as opposed to 18 to 40 tons of semi :/
  Edit: was a bit high with some of the weights and it bugged me. >
  
  This is why I hate it when people still use terms like half ton for modern pickups. >
  
  What bugs me more is the dearth of pickups with an 8ft bed. I’d swear that most of the ones I see are mall crawl specials with a crew cab, stupid lift, and a bed you couldn’t fit a damn thing in.
  Is it still a pickup if it’s the bastard love child of a pickup and an SUV? >
  
  Frankly, I'm just happy the population is back up to stable numbers, fwiw. >
  
  The federal government actively culls bison around Yellowstone. >
  
  Wow, that population must've really bounced back if they're over populated their. >
  
  There's bison in several places around where I live, including a state park. Every few years the park auctions some off to keep the numbers low enough for the area. You can buy ground bison at Walmart and it's in plenty of dog food brands.
  The only reason they almost went extinct is because we were actively trying to make that happen. >
  
  The near extinction of Bison was just a part of the native-american genocide at the time.
  Glad they bounced back. >
  
  Uh, the native americans did not bounce back. >
  
  I ment the Bison. >
  
  this is exactly why i don't think bison should be allowed to drive >
  
  What next? Bison no longer allowed to own firearms? This is a slippery slope down authoritarianism.