BISON POOP! Everything You NEVER Wanted To Know

Poop, Plop, Buffalo S&#T, Prairie Patties, Prairie Pies.

There are so many names for what is really just BISON POOP!

The American bison is the United States’ first national mammal, Wyoming's symbol, and even on our flag.

Lets ask the important questions about BISON POOP!

Because we never grew up and it still makes is giggle.

Dry bison poop has been used as a heat source for hundreds of years.

Bison are herbivorous. Their primary food source is grass, but they also feed on shrubs and tree vegetation and anything else available.

These big beasts will eat 1.6 of their body mass per day, approximately 24 pounds of grass, to stay nourished.

All of that has to come out the other end.

A bison can produce 10-12 quarts of poop and gallons of urine daily.

Bison poop is sometimes called “nik-nik,” a word borrowed from the Sioux language that uses this expression for all bovine droppings.

ENJOY THIS VIDEO OF A BISON POOPING.

It lands on the ground all squishy, then dries in the sun.

Dried American bison droppings are called “buffalo chips” or “meadow muffins.”

Some people like to take dry bison dung and throw them like frisbees. They actually fly quite well.

Bison poop has been used it for cooking and warming up. It is even used to repel misquotes.

Nowadays, bison poop is often used as an agricultural fertilizer.

There you go, your head is now filled with everything you needed, or did not need or even wish to know, about bison poop.

You can use these facts at your next social function to impress everyone.