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Somehow 60 million bison wandered the prairie for millenia without the world ending... shall we kill all of the wild ungulats? Cap the volcanoes? At what point should humans just commit mass self sacrifice in the interest of saving the earth?

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60 million is a drop on the bucket compared to how many cows humans raise for the purpose of food. This is a dumb take.

U.S. currently has ~95 million cows. That 60 million figure for Bison was U.S. population pre-westward expansion. 60/95=63% - that’s a rather large “drop in the bucket”... dumb take seems to be on your end here bud.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/194297/total-number-of-c...

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