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A pile of bison skulls, Kansas, 1870s [1280 x 1001] (imgur.com)

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[–]QualityEnforcer 15 points16 points ago

Link to a higher quality version of the posted image:

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[–]CaptainEarlobe 5 points6 points ago

What a fantastic bot!

[–]bumkty 3 points4 points ago

The sad part is that they did this basically to either wipe out the Native Americans food source and for the fun of it. Shooting them while passing on trains leaving the carcasses where they lay.

[–]peesinpools 2 points3 points ago

Damn, those things must be easy to kill.

[–]Ninsha 2 points3 points ago

in 10,000 years, future humans could find something like this and conclude that killing Bison was a major cornerstone of our economy.

[–]fdemmer -1 points0 points ago

which was not wrong at that time and place? well, maybe not major, but significant?

[–]Ninsha 0 points1 point ago

I'm not saying it was out of line, I just think that it is an interesting observation of that time period.

[–]fdemmer 1 point2 points ago

we agree then :)

[–]ChurroNoble 2 points3 points ago

Jesus.

[–]somestrangewashers 1 point2 points ago

Hello...this is repost.

[–]Lyndell 6 points7 points ago

yep

[–]UnholyDemigod 1 point2 points ago

From the FAQ:

Reposts are allowed, but only if the original post is at least 3 months old, and not currently in the top 100 submissions of all time. Reposts are especially encouraged if the original post was missing information in the title (such as the image resolution or photographer), or had fewer than 100 upvotes.

I don't know how old the repost is, nor do I know if it's in the top 100. I'm just pointing this out.

[–]Bearmanly -1 points0 points ago

That's a looot of fertilizer.

[–]insanekid66 0 points1 point ago

the fuck do they do with all those?!?! holy shit there must be 100,000 of em

[–]Caedus_Vao -1 points0 points ago

"Not bad for a Monday's work, eh boys?"

[–]smashybashy -3 points-2 points ago

Bison have pretty much every physical advantage on us, yet just a few humans made that pile of skulls. Fuck yeah humanity.

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