Blog Wrap Up

As you can see, my chosen topic for this blog was the American Bison. This majestic beast is my favorite animal, for its relationship with the Native American people once embodied what I believe to be the purest connection between man and nature. I thought it would be an interesting and unique topic to share with my fellow bloggers. I had 44 page views as of May 10th, which I consider to be a success.

All About Me

View my "All about me page" here.  Haikus in three steps

1. Five syllables
2. Seven syllables
3. Five syllables
Here is a quick and simple video with more information on making haikus

An example:
Docile and hairy Thundering upon the plains The bison goes moo

Clacking on the keys
In front of the glowing screen.
Coding is a breeze.

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I chose a theme based on the haiku poetry form and how to write one because it's super easy and fun! Further, the haiku is traditionally about nature, so I chose earth tones for my color theme and background music. I also wrote a haiku about the bison to go along with my blog and stay within the traditional subject of nature. The picture and music unreliably show up on the page, so I would say that coding for those elements was the most difficult part of the project. 

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Papa Joe's

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Figuring the price of pizza
so Papa can make you a pie!

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It's Official! The Bison is America's National Mammal

As cited on CBS News, the US Senate and House approved the passage of legislation that officially designates the American Bison as our national mammal. This measure is an important step in honoring the great bestial entity that once helped our nation's native populations flourish.

Have you ever wanted your own bison?

Well now you can have one!...sort of. On the webpage of this charity organization, you can sponsor an American bison. With these donations, Defenders of Wildlife will work to protect the poaching of bison who wander outside of the limits of Yellowstone National Park. Plus, you can adopt a stuffed bison for an additional $10.

Betcha didn't know

The American bison's habitat extended all the way to the Atlantic Ocean and they lived in every state to the east of the Mississippi, except for Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine. While they weren't domesticated, Dale Lott details that Native Americans terraformed to enable their cultivation.

"The openings in the woods where they grazed owed their existence to active management by Native Americans. These meadows were closely akin to the pastures European settlers would create for their cattle, except that the Indians used fires rather than axes".

Lott, Dale F.. American Bison. Berkeley, US: University of California Press, 2002. ProQuest ebrary. Web. 26 April 2016.
Copyright © 2002. University of California Press. All rights reserved.

What to do if you encounter a bison

According to Dale Lott, author of American Bison, the best advice to stave off a charging bison is to turn and run.

"I’ve always run away. Calling an animal’s bluff works only if it is bluffing. If it’s not, then you’re not even a moving target. I have little confidence in my ability to intimidate an animal that will attack a pack of wolves or a grizzly bear. The cow has always turned away from my rapidly retreating back and returned to her calf. I suspect I owe my unpunctured backside to the wolf’s habit of hunting in packs. If the mother chases one wolf very far, she leaves her calf exposed to the others. No profit, then, in running after a diminishing threat. Getting right back to the calf is a good rule of thumb, and mothers seem to follow it."

Lott, Dale F.. American Bison. Berkeley, US: University of California Press, 2002. ProQuest ebrary. Web. 26 April 2016.
Copyright © 2002. University of California Press. All rights reserved.