I’ve heard that for years, that bison walk into the storm and get through it more quickly, and cattle walk with the storm extending the time they’re exposed to it
Yikes! Didn’t think of that interpretation!
Gay rams are certainly a thing that happens. So I suppose gay cattle and bison probably are too; but, again, I wasn’t thinking of that.
Sorry for misinterpreting you. The one time I had a bison burger, it tasted the same as beef. But that was only the once, and years ago, so my memory might not be trustworthy.
I once beat a bison two out of three games of chess. Explain that, then.
You’re even smarter.
You should have a t-shirt made.
He’ll have to beat a pigeon first.
They prolly would have done better if they didn’t keep knocking the chess pieces over with their clumsy hooves.
William Wrigley, whose chewing gum I don’t buy anymore, ever since he allowed lights to be installed at his eponymous baseball field.
The Wrigley family has owned Catalina Island since 1919.
William Wrigley died in 1932.
Lights were installed in Wrigley Field in 1988. The owner of the Cubs at the time was the Chicago Tribune Corporation.
My grudge against Wrigley stands. He passed along his genes to someone who would sell the team (and presumably the field) to someone who would DO such a thing.
Also, I don’t like chewing gum that much.
Retractable lights were supposed to be installed for the '42 season. P.K. Wrigley had the equipment ready to be installed but donated it to the war effort.
Many years ago, but there’s a small-aircraft landing strip on the island, and it’s got a snack bar, and it serves (served?) bison burgers. Decent enough, as I barely recall.Snark/ Why no, I’ve got no idea where they get the meat from /snark.
I hesitate to poke the bear, but what is the issue with lights at Wrigley Field? Are you opposed to night games in particular? My husband is a life long Tigers fan; we named one of our sons Kaline. I don’t think he had an issue with lights at Tiger Stadium or Comerica Park.
Wrigley Field was the last ballpark to install lights, and held out for years after night games were common everywhere else. The first night games were in 1988. I didn’t realize it was still a sore point for fans.
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I’m thinking the speed a cow or buffalo would make into or against the wind would be pretty small compared to the speed of the front’s passing.
Yeah, as a Canadian neither the blizzard or storm storry makes any sense to me. You don’t walk out of a blizzard.
I do know that ranchers will put up wind breaks for the cattle for certain situations, but that isn’t an option for large herds / ranges. I assume cattle find bush or other natural protection if they need.
I have been told that Bison are hard to manage and don’t have a lot of respect for fences; beefalo have some domestic behavior. We did raise Angus bulls one year (instead of steers). Those fuckers would just push through barbed wire if they smelt cows in heat. They are half the size of bison.
Also, herd animals – cattle, horses, bison – will huddle together in a storm, sharing body heat, generally with butts to the wind, with their tails (for horses) protecting their underparts. They all grow thick winter coats that trap air in tiny pockets to insulate them like a down-filled comforter. When snow accumulates on their backs, it actually acts as further insulation.
What might make some sense would be if the cattle walk downwind, and wind up stuck on the upwind side of the next windbreak, fully exposed to the wind; while the bison walk upwind until they find a windbreak, which they’d then be on the protected downwind side of.
I have no idea whether that’s what happens, though.
My impression is that a bison will stay where it is and put its head down, so that the brunt of the weather is taken on its hump, which is extremely well-insulated. But I’m basing that on a conversation which took place decades ago, so don’t accept it as gospel.