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The American Buffalo

Huge as they are, they are small compared to some of woolly mammoths,giant ground sloths,...

Huge as they are, they are small compared to some of
the prehistoric animals that once roamed the continent: woolly mammoths,
giant ground sloths, and camels, and other species of bison, one of which had horns that
spanned 9 feet from tip to tip

Full Transcript

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Huge as they are, they are small
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compared to some of the prehistoric animals
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that once roamed the continent:
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woolly mammoths, giant ground sloths,
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and camels,
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and other species of bison,
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one of which had horns that spanned 9 feet from tip to tip.
Duration
22 seconds
Views
35
Timestamp in Movie
00:07:41
Uploaded
Apr 22, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
Genres
documentary, history

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Movie Summary

A journey through more than 10,000 years of North American history and across some of the continent's most iconic landscapes, tracing the mammal's evolution.
S01 And what we heard you speaking about and the others - The American Buffalo 00:08
And what we heard you speaking about and the others
S01 Even at the same time, - The American Buffalo 00:06
Even at the same time,
S01 • E01 After humans arrived in North America - The American Buffalo 00:20
After humans arrived in North America
S01 • E02 A former hide hunter would switch from - The American Buffalo 00:21
A former hide hunter would switch from
S01 LaPIER: Well, one of the things we know about bison, - The American Buffalo 00:16
LaPIER: Well, one of the things we know about bison,
S01 And so Indigenous people and the bison sort of lived - The American Buffalo 00:11
And so Indigenous people and the bison sort of lived
S01 • E01 In their place, the modern buffalo evolved and multiplied, - The American Buffalo 00:12
In their place, the modern buffalo evolved and multiplied,
S01 • E02 The wife of a Texas cattleman and former Indian fighter - The American Buffalo 00:12
The wife of a Texas cattleman and former Indian fighter
S01 And because the Indigenous People hunted bison, - The American Buffalo 00:29
And because the Indigenous People hunted bison,
S01 • E01 Bison and humans, in a real sense, - The American Buffalo 00:11
Bison and humans, in a real sense,
S01 • E02 It would eventually lead him to reconsider his relationship - The American Buffalo 00:09
It would eventually lead him to reconsider his relationship
S01 • E01 Sometimes the animals would ebb and flow, - The American Buffalo 00:09
Sometimes the animals would ebb and flow,
S01 • E02 On two different Indian reservations-- - The American Buffalo 00:14
On two different Indian reservations--
S01 • E01 And, so, there was this wonderful - The American Buffalo 00:10
And, so, there was this wonderful
S01 You know, bison became very much enmeshed in - The American Buffalo 00:24
You know, bison became very much enmeshed in
S01 • E01 Rosalyn Lapier: They have always lived with humans. - The American Buffalo 00:05
Rosalyn Lapier: They have always lived with humans.
S01 • E02 A patrician New York magazine publisher, - The American Buffalo 00:21
A patrician New York magazine publisher,
S01 • E01 They've always been hunted by humans; - The American Buffalo 00:18
They've always been hunted by humans;
S01 • E02 And a Comanche leader, who had once waged war - The American Buffalo 00:13
And a Comanche leader, who had once waged war
S01 WOODRUFF: And Dan Flores, - The American Buffalo 00:09
WOODRUFF: And Dan Flores,