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The American Buffalo

No one knows exactly how many bisononce existed on the continent, but it wasin the many...

No one knows exactly how many bison
once existed on the continent, but it was
in the many tens of millions

Full Transcript

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No one knows
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exactly how many bison once existed on the continent,
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but it was in the many tens of millions.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:25:43
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 by the time we're talking about the 19th century, - The American Buffalo 00:09
And by the time we're talking about the 19th century,
S01 • E01 Their range extended from west of the Rocky Mountains - The American Buffalo 00:15
Their range extended from west of the Rocky Mountains
S01 And it really is Americans who are complicit - The American Buffalo 00:19
And it really is Americans who are complicit
S01 • E02 This was the same place where, 5, 6 years before, - The American Buffalo 00:15
This was the same place where, 5, 6 years before,
S01 • E02 And it takes Hornaday more than two months - The American Buffalo 00:10
And it takes Hornaday more than two months
S01 • E01 Narrator: In 1613, sailing up the Potomac River, - The American Buffalo 00:13
Narrator: In 1613, sailing up the Potomac River,
S01 So I think it's one of the things that other people have - The American Buffalo 00:39
So I think it's one of the things that other people hav...
S01 • E02 That's the trajectory that the bison had been on. - The American Buffalo 00:06
That's the trajectory that the bison had been on.
S01 • E01 But as English colonies grew along the Atlantic Coast, - The American Buffalo 00:11
But as English colonies grew along the Atlantic Coast,
S01 • E02 Narrator: Back at the Smithsonian, - The American Buffalo 00:10
Narrator: Back at the Smithsonian,
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 • E02 As a taxidermist, he considered it his masterpiece - The American Buffalo 00:15
As a taxidermist, he considered it his masterpiece