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The American Buffalo

Huge as they are, they are smallcompared to some of the prehistoric animals that woolly...

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 sp 
\h
anned 9 feet from tip to tip

Full Transcript

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Huge as they are,
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they are small compared to some of the
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prehistoric animals that once roamed the continent:
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woolly mammoths, giant ground sloths and camels,
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and other species of bison,
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one of which had horns that
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sp  \h anned 9 feet from tip to tip.
Duration
20 seconds
Views
38
Timestamp in Movie
00:03:40
Uploaded
Apr 22, 2025
Season
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 After humans arrived in North America more - The American Buffalo 00:18
After humans arrived in North America more
S01 • E01 Man: So much of my blood memory has to do with buffalo. - The American Buffalo 00:08
Man: So much of my blood memory has to do with buffalo.
S01 • E02 Their sheer magnificence. - The American Buffalo 00:05
Their sheer magnificence.
S01 • E02 They're massive, but they can run 35 miles per hour. - The American Buffalo 00:06
They're massive, but they can run 35 miles per hour.
S01 • E01 And we are friends. We are brothers. We are related. - The American Buffalo 00:07
And we are friends. We are brothers. We are related.
S01 • E02 And, somehow, they're the symbol of America, - The American Buffalo 00:23
And, somehow, they're the symbol of America,
S01 In their place, - The American Buffalo 00:10
In their place,
S01 • E01 So, I, you know, think of them in a particular way. - The American Buffalo 00:06
So, I, you know, think of them in a particular way.
S01 • E01 [Train whistle blowing] - The American Buffalo 00:16
[Train whistle blowing]
S01 FLORES: Bison and humans, in, in a real sense, - The American Buffalo 00:11
FLORES: Bison and humans, in, in a real sense,
S01 Sometimes the animals would ebb and flow. - The American Buffalo 00:05
Sometimes the animals would ebb and flow.
S01 • E01 In the space of only a decade, - The American Buffalo 00:19
In the space of only a decade,
S01 And, so, there was this wonderful kind of dynamic - The American Buffalo 00:09
And, so, there was this wonderful kind of dynamic
S01 LaPIER: They have always lived with humans. - The American Buffalo 00:05
LaPIER: They have always lived with humans.
S01 • E02 But we are also the only species which, - The American Buffalo 00:10
But we are also the only species which,
S01 They've always been hunted by humans; - The American Buffalo 00:17
They've always been hunted by humans;
S01 • E01 It really is a story of Indigenous people - The American Buffalo 00:09
It really is a story of Indigenous people
S01 PUNKE: And their primary defense mechanism is to, - The American Buffalo 00:06
PUNKE: And their primary defense mechanism is to,
S01 • E01 And then enter not just the Europeans but the Americans. - The American Buffalo 00:08
And then enter not just the Europeans but the Americans.
S01 And they have that skill at a very young age. - The American Buffalo 00:05
And they have that skill at a very young age.