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Its skin is its soul, and when mounted by skillful hands
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The American Buffalo

Its skin is its soul, and whenmounted by skillful hands, it becomescomparatively immortal

Its skin is its soul, and when
mounted by skillful hands, it becomes
comparatively immortal

Full Transcript

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Its skin is its soul, and when mounted by skillful hands,
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it becomes comparatively immortal.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:23:45
Uploaded
Apr 22, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
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 • E01 Wave after wave of epidemics swept across the hemisphere - The American Buffalo 00:17
Wave after wave of epidemics swept across the hemisphere
S01 When they had finished, - The American Buffalo 00:06
When they had finished,
S01 • E02 [Gunshot] Narrator: When another bull - The American Buffalo 00:11
[Gunshot] Narrator: When another bull
S01 NARRATOR: In 1884, the total number of hides brought to the - The American Buffalo 00:09
NARRATOR: In 1884, the total number of hides brought to the
S01 • E01 One of the most fascinating wonders was the bison. - The American Buffalo 00:07
One of the most fascinating wonders was the bison.
S01 • E02 When they returned the next day, they found the carcass - The American Buffalo 00:11
When they returned the next day, they found the carcass
S01 • E01 Wandering across what is now Texas in the 1530s, - The American Buffalo 00:23
Wandering across what is now Texas in the 1530s,
S01 MAYER: One by one, we runners put up our buffalo rifles, - The American Buffalo 00:14
MAYER: One by one, we runners put up our buffalo rifles,
S01 • E02 The head was untouched, except one side was painted yellow - The American Buffalo 00:09
The head was untouched, except one side was painted yellow
S01 And there settled over them a vast quiet... - The American Buffalo 00:06
And there settled over them a vast quiet...
S01 • E02 Jenkinson: And Hornaday falls into a fit of anger. - The American Buffalo 00:05
Jenkinson: And Hornaday falls into a fit of anger.
S01 • E02 They--they've spoiled it." - The American Buffalo 00:06
They--they've spoiled it."
S01 • E01 Less than a decade later, - The American Buffalo 00:17
Less than a decade later,
S01 FLORES: There is no, no story anywhere in world history that - The American Buffalo 00:22
FLORES: There is no, no story anywhere in world history that
S01 • E02 But Natives have come and they have harvested the meat, - The American Buffalo 00:07
But Natives have come and they have harvested the meat,
S01 • E01 Instead, he found villages of Wichita Indians. - The American Buffalo 00:07
Instead, he found villages of Wichita Indians.
S01 • E02 And then they have done the most important thing, - The American Buffalo 00:12
And then they have done the most important thing,
S01 • E01 But he and his men were astonished by the landscape - The American Buffalo 00:10
But he and his men were astonished by the landscape
S01 I mean, it is the largest destruction of animal life - The American Buffalo 00:08
I mean, it is the largest destruction of animal life
S01 • E01 "There was not a day I lost sight of them," - The American Buffalo 00:07
"There was not a day I lost sight of them,"