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The American Buffalo

Back at the Smithsonian, Hornaday eagerly started work on a new way of displayinghis...

Narrator:
Back at the Smithsonian, Hornaday eagerly started work on a new way of displaying
his specimens

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Narrator: Back at the Smithsonian,
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Hornaday eagerly started work
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on a new way of displaying his specimens.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:26:18
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 • E02 He would place 6 of them in a group: - The American Buffalo 00:15
He would place 6 of them in a group:
S01 • E01 Worried that the animals were disappearing, in 1759, - The American Buffalo 00:13
Worried that the animals were disappearing, in 1759,
S01 • E01 No one enforced the law. - The American Buffalo 00:05
No one enforced the law.
S01 • E02 All of them were gathered around a small - The American Buffalo 00:14
All of them were gathered around a small
S01 • E01 When Daniel Boone opened the Wilderness Trail into Kentucky - The American Buffalo 00:17
When Daniel Boone opened the Wilderness Trail into Kentucky
S01 WOODRUFF: I do want to come back to this question that, - The American Buffalo 00:10
WOODRUFF: I do want to come back to this question that,
S01 • E02 They would be enclosed in the largest display case - The American Buffalo 00:12
They would be enclosed in the largest display case
S01 She was referring to that particular period - The American Buffalo 00:11
She was referring to that particular period
S01 • E01 West of the mountains, he wrote, - The American Buffalo 00:18
West of the mountains, he wrote,
S01 FLORES: I see it as a, - The American Buffalo 00:14
FLORES: I see it as a,
S01 • E02 As a taxidermist, he considered it his masterpiece - The American Buffalo 00:15
As a taxidermist, he considered it his masterpiece
S01 • E01 In 1775, just before he left for the Second Continental Congress, - The American Buffalo 00:16
In 1775, just before he left for the Second Continental Cong...
S01 • E02 He now blamed their destruction on what he called - The American Buffalo 00:14
He now blamed their destruction on what he called
S01 I mean, they, in effect, - The American Buffalo 00:11
I mean, they, in effect,
S01 And that of course became the substance of the whole ecology, - The American Buffalo 00:13
And that of course became the substance of the whole ecology...
S01 • E01 But in the Great Plains, an estimated 30 million buffalo - The American Buffalo 00:13
But in the Great Plains, an estimated 30 million buffalo
S01 But Europeans old worlder's brought with them notions of-of - The American Buffalo 00:17
But Europeans old worlder's brought with them notions o...
S01 • E02 People lined up to see it - The American Buffalo 00:07
People lined up to see it
S01 • E02 It allowed people to get closer to a bison. - The American Buffalo 00:07
It allowed people to get closer to a bison.
S01 • E01 Life there for the Indians and the buffalo - The American Buffalo 00:12
Life there for the Indians and the buffalo