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Sat Jun 2, 2012, 03:09 AM

Art_from_Ark (16,921 posts)

2. Well, water buffalo are native to Asia

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42 replies	Author	Time	Post
When did the American buffalo disappear and become bison? [View all]	Kablooie	Jun 2012	OP
It's a taxonomic thing	Scootaloo	Jun 2012	#1
+ Infinity...because this is the best explanation ever.	vaberella	Jun 2012	#12
I looked it up. Now I have to look up auroch.	rug	Jun 2012	#32
That word...	Xyzse	Jun 2012	#33
Screw it. I'm just going to start referring to Romney as that lare ox-like thing.	rug	Jun 2012	#34
It's also the scientific name...	GoCubsGo	Jun 2012	#14
I was amazed when I learned that Europe has their own bison species.	Odin2005	Jun 2012	#18
I've seen the European bison at a preserve over there	RZM	Jun 2012	#19
Well-loved... Sure	Scootaloo	Jun 2012	#24
Well, water buffalo are native to Asia	Art_from_Ark	Jun 2012	#2
The buffalo got all politically correct.	cthulu2016	Jun 2012	#3
If all that is factual, it's probably the most interesting thing I've ever read on DU	Egalitariat	Jun 2012	#4
Check this out. A very good read.	Monk06	Jun 2012	#7
and also, 1491: New Revelations in America Before Columbus	Viva_La_Revolution	Jun 2012	#9
They were called buffalo, but were never buffalo...	joeybee12	Jun 2012	#5
I still call them buffalo - but I buy bison at the store. Nt	xchrom	Jun 2012	#6
I've found that elk makes better burgers	slackmaster	Jun 2012	#11
Agree - elk is very good. I have shop on line	xchrom	Jun 2012	#15
i made bison\beef mealoaf last week.. delish.	dionysus	Jun 2012	#31
their still buffalo in SD	newfie11	Jun 2012	#8
+1	Go Vols	Jun 2012	#40
It happened about the same time the potato famine completely wiped out the species	slackmaster	Jun 2012	#10
Huh? The potato species has never been threatened with extinction	NickB79	Jun 2012	#21
Actually, it was just one species in Ireland	Scootaloo	Jun 2012	#25
As an avid gardener, thank you for that information	NickB79	Jun 2012	#27
Species vs. variety	L. Coyote	Jun 2012	#38
Yup, Solanum tuberosum is the widespread cultivar species	Scootaloo	Jun 2012	#42
You've been taken in by one of the most elaborate shams in history	slackmaster	Jun 2012	#26
We're talking about basically four types of animals in this thread, no?	aint_no_life_nowhere	Jun 2012	#13
Yes, there are 4 species in this	muriel_volestrangler	Jun 2012	#29
And the aurochs, which was hunted to extinction (nt)	Mairead	Jun 2012	#41
Don't know. Read a history of my great great aunt's brother in law. He worked in a trading post	applegrove	Jun 2012	#16
I'm a stickler who gets annoyed when bison are called buffalo.	Odin2005	Jun 2012	#17
I am fairly sure that Buffalo is correct	whistler162	Jun 2012	#28
It was Manifest Destiny. Hunters, period.	daaron	Jun 2012	#20
"Give me a home, where the bison roam....." Doesn't have the same ring. nt	msanthrope	Jun 2012	#22
So, what's all this I hear about bison wings? I didn't know bison had wings ..	kwassa	Jun 2012	#23
In my area they were originally called Tatanka	blockhead	Jun 2012	#30
Wait until you hear what happened to the brontosaurus.	FSogol	Jun 2012	#35
Yes, and to Pluto	slackmaster	Jun 2012	#36
When did the American buffalo disappear and become bison?	Joseph28	Jun 2012	#37
When will the American Republican disappear and become extinct?	L. Coyote	Jun 2012	#39

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