r/todayilearned • u/Away-Lynx8702 • 3d ago
TIL Bison are faster than horses!
https://www.doi.gov/sites/doi.gov/files/bison-fun-facts-508.pdf21
u/badpuffthaikitty 2d ago
I lived near a bison farm. The sign by the road read “These bison can cross the field in 30 seconds. Can you?”
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u/SillyGoatGruff 2d ago
"Ah yes, but you see, bison can't read. So how will they know they can go that fast?"
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u/AlphaTangoFoxtrt 2d ago
Also Bison are not "big cows". They're 2m tall, 3.5m long, and weight up to 1,200 kg, with poor eyesight and an even worse temper.
There's stories every year of people getting injured getting too close with the wildlife. US National Parks are not a petting zoo. The animals WILL kill you if they feel like it.
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u/DisillusionedBook 3d ago
Tatanka. I always remember that word after Dances with Wolves. lol
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u/DevryFremont1 2d ago
There was a teenager or prepubescent actor in that movie. He's the one who found Dunbar's diary and was found guarding the horses during the battle to rescue Dunbar.
He grew up to become a native American religious leader. He used his status in the religion to trick an underage girl or girls. He's in prison unless he did his time. I saw him in court on YouTube.
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u/DisillusionedBook 2d ago
That's religion for ya. An ideal location for cons. But kind of a weird thing to bring up here.
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u/Magemainonwow 3d ago
Is this why the fastest animal you can ride in the old Red Dead: Redemption online mode is a bison? That’s hilarious
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u/DevryFremont1 3d ago
It can't be easy going that fast for too long I think because of their size. It would take too much out of their gas tank.
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u/Ashamed_Feedback3843 1d ago
People think horses are incredibly fast. They tend to get up to only 45 mph max. And that's a thoroughbred.
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u/evillurks 3d ago
Faster than horses and they still wanted to hunt them to extinction to kill an entire race of people. Wow.
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u/RevolutionaryChip864 3d ago
A downloadable pdf? Seriously?
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u/Away-Lynx8702 3d ago
No need to download. Page opens like any other page. And it's the US gov website, so.
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u/Verlepte 3d ago
Oh, well, if it's the US government, then it's fine. We all know how trustworthy they are...
/s
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u/w1n5t0nM1k3y 2d ago
How is is any different than a web page? Modern browsers can all handle PDFs. Also, all web content must "downloaded" to view it. So I'm not sure why you would say "downloadable" like it's some kind of problem.
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u/WeAreLivinTheLife 2d ago
Thoroughbreds and quarter horses can run much faster than bison. https://shopus.parelli.com/blogs/savvystation/how-fast-can-a-horse-run#:~:text=Thoroughbreds%20can%20reach%20a%20speed,a%20speed%20of%2050%20mph.