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The American Buffalo

With wolf peltsworth $2.00 each in New York City,some hunters began lacing bison...

With wolf pelts
worth $2.00 each in New York City,
some hunters began lacing bison carcasses
with strychnine, which poisoned not only wolves,
but other scavengers: coyotes, foxes, bobcats, skunks, vultures, ravens, eagles

Full Transcript

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With wolf pelts worth $2.00 each
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in New York City, some hunters began lacing
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bison carcasses with strychnine,
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which poisoned not only wolves, but other scavengers:
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coyotes, foxes,
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bobcats, skunks,
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vultures, ravens, eagles.
Duration
23 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
01:44:23
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 • E02 Horse Capture, Jr.: You look at that old nickel, - The American Buffalo 00:06
Horse Capture, Jr.: You look at that old nickel,
S01 • E02 At one time, they almost wiped them to extinction. - The American Buffalo 00:06
At one time, they almost wiped them to extinction.
S01 • E02 Why did the European put that buffalo on that nickel? - The American Buffalo 00:05
Why did the European put that buffalo on that nickel?
S01 • E01 [Eagle screeches] - The American Buffalo 00:10
[Eagle screeches]
S01 • E02 Was it just a curiosity, or was it something that - The American Buffalo 00:08
Was it just a curiosity, or was it something that
S01 • E02 So, in my confusion, and my need to understand, - The American Buffalo 00:14
So, in my confusion, and my need to understand,
S01 • E01 ["Two Rivers" by Larry Unger, Ginny Snowe playing] - The American Buffalo 00:07
["Two Rivers" by Larry Unger, Ginny Snowe playing]
S01 • E01 They had to stay, and without buffalo meat - The American Buffalo 00:11
They had to stay, and without buffalo meat
S01 • E02 Have to destroy the things you love? - The American Buffalo 00:06
Have to destroy the things you love?
S01 • E01 On the Blackfeet reservation, - The American Buffalo 00:09
On the Blackfeet reservation,
S01 • E01 He reported seeing a rabbit being cooked in one - The American Buffalo 00:09
He reported seeing a rabbit being cooked in one
S01 • E01 The other 21 lodges had no food at all. - The American Buffalo 00:06
The other 21 lodges had no food at all.
S01 • E02 Half of them were grazing in now - The American Buffalo 00:08
Half of them were grazing in now
S01 • E01 Six hundred Blackfeet-- - The American Buffalo 00:10
Six hundred Blackfeet--
S01 • E02 Compared to the millions of buffalo that had once - The American Buffalo 00:21
Compared to the millions of buffalo that had once
S01 • E01 Marcia Pablo: But that's really what the government wanted, - The American Buffalo 00:08
Marcia Pablo: But that's really what the government wan...
S01 • E01 And they had to take away all of the resources - The American Buffalo 00:09
And they had to take away all of the resources
S01 • E01 It was devastating, - The American Buffalo 00:06
It was devastating,
S01 • E01 We had the songs, but no buffalo to sing 'em to. - The American Buffalo 00:06
We had the songs, but no buffalo to sing 'em to.
S01 • E01 It's like a spiritual trauma. - The American Buffalo 00:06
It's like a spiritual trauma.