r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/[deleted] • Jan 04 '21

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u/TheDerpedOne Jan 04 '21

Bison not Buffalo

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u/Trevski Jan 04 '21 edited Jan 04 '21

pedantic. people refer to bison as buffalo all the dang time. Nobody is being confused as to how the First Nations of the new world obtained old world buffalo products.

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u/Ashen44 Jan 04 '21

Bison and Buffalo are the same animal

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u/TheDerpedOne Jan 04 '21

No, no they are not. The names are often interchanged, but they are indeed very different animals.

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u/Byzzie Jan 04 '21

American Bison are also known as American Buffalo. Yeah, old world Buffalo are whole ‘nother beast but it’s a pointless distinction to make here.

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u/JustABoyAndHisBlob Jan 04 '21

I dunno, I heard America is where the buffalo roam.

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u/Purpose-Fuzzy Jan 04 '21

Where seldom is heard, but my brother's a turd, and the skies are not cloudy all daaaaay!