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The American Buffalo

Over the centuries,their grazing habits on the wide expanses ofthe Great Plains proved...

Narrator: Over the centuries,
their grazing habits on the wide expanses of
the Great Plains proved crucial to its ecology--the types of
grasses that flourished there and the other species that
thrived alongside the buffalo

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Narrator: Over the centuries, their grazing habits
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on the wide expanses of the Great Plains proved crucial
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to its ecology--the types of grasses that flourished there
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and the other species that thrived alongside the buffalo.
Duration
18 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:09:34
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 FLORES: Well, if you think of those 10,000 years that Roslyn - The American Buffalo 00:15
FLORES: Well, if you think of those 10,000 years that Roslyn
S01 • E01 Even when they stopped - The American Buffalo 00:17
Even when they stopped
S01 United States has been here a little more than 300 years. - The American Buffalo 00:06
United States has been here a little more than 300 years.
S01 So, we're talking about a depth of time that's - The American Buffalo 00:18
So, we're talking about a depth of time that's
S01 • E01 We're talking about millions of bison, - The American Buffalo 00:07
We're talking about millions of bison,
S01 • E02 So, he hurried west on the Northern Pacific Railroad - The American Buffalo 00:11
So, he hurried west on the Northern Pacific Railroad
S01 • E01 Woman: Those wallows could do a couple of things. - The American Buffalo 00:05
Woman: Those wallows could do a couple of things.
S01 So, it's a very old relationship. - The American Buffalo 00:06
So, it's a very old relationship.
S01 • E01 At its most simple and basic, it's a "dirt bath." - The American Buffalo 00:10
At its most simple and basic, it's a "dirt bath.&q...
S01 Bison and humans not only co-evolved, - The American Buffalo 00:19
Bison and humans not only co-evolved,
S01 • E02 [Train whistle blows] - The American Buffalo 00:12
[Train whistle blows]
S01 • E01 If it rained, these become shallow little ponds and pools. - The American Buffalo 00:05
If it rained, these become shallow little ponds and pools.
S01 • E01 And that, in turn, affected the landscape as well. - The American Buffalo 00:07
And that, in turn, affected the landscape as well.
S01 • E01 Lapier: Because it's also a disturbed area, - The American Buffalo 00:13
Lapier: Because it's also a disturbed area,
S01 • E02 Jenkinson: He hires a local guide, Joe Ferris, - The American Buffalo 00:09
Jenkinson: He hires a local guide, Joe Ferris,
S01 I mean, they became smaller, - The American Buffalo 00:21
I mean, they became smaller,
S01 • E02 And he keeps saying to Roosevelt, - The American Buffalo 00:11
And he keeps saying to Roosevelt,
S01 • E01 So they became these really great areas, - The American Buffalo 00:13
So they became these really great areas,
S01 • E02 Roosevelt falls off his horse into a patch of - The American Buffalo 00:11
Roosevelt falls off his horse into a patch of
S01 It's the oldest economic life way, - The American Buffalo 00:11
It's the oldest economic life way,