#American buffalo

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On the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation west of Brandon, Man., schoolchildren are throwing pumpkins into a bison pen, a ceremony and sign of respect to an animal that has deep spiritual significance for Indigenous culture and identity. Community leaders are also educating a new generation about how the bison, known in these parts as buffalo, has important implications for the future of the Prairies – rehabilitating natural grasslands and conserving water in a time of climate change. "The significance of the buffalo goes back hundreds of years. These animals have saved our lives," said Anthony Tacan, a band councillor whose family is the keeper of this herd. "They provided food and weapons out of the bones, tools, the hides for clothing, the teepees. It did everything for us. So going forward, we decided it's our turn to give back. It's our turn to look after them."

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Most American bison in the world are privately owned, and therefore the ranchers can breed them with cattle if they want. In fact, you can increase your odds of getting a white beefalo, or creatures of any other color, if you mix them with the appropriate domestic cattle.

However, conservation herds such as the ones in Yellowstone and here in Evanston, Wyoming, are meant to preserve some of the bison purity, so they're not going to actively hybridize them. You can often see the Bear River animals from the highway, although from that distance they kind of just look like little lumps.

The managers at Bear River State Park "try to maintain our herd at 7 to 10 adult animals" and this article from the spring of 2023 says there were 15 total at the time of writing. Three of them, including a calf, are white! You can see the calf in the last image and compare his size now, still not fully grown. They are not albino, but the color actually does come from genes from Charolais cattle, which are white, in their ancestry.

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Big guy comin’ through!

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An American bison (Bison bison) covered in snow in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

by Sean Crane

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🦬🌳🐕

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Bison Cow and Calf - 9247b+ by Jen Hall

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[tsintotwo]

Tom with a trimmed beard just hits different

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American Bison & Common Starling

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American Bison Bison bison

2/12/2023 Antelope Island State Park, Utah

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Beyond the Fame with Jason Fraley (November 29, 2023)

WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley interviews Darren Criss, who performs live tomorrow night at the National Christmas Tree Lighting on The Ellipse outside the White House before bringing “A Very Darren Crissmas” to Wolf Trap in Vienna, Virginia on Saturday and Sunday. They discuss his career from his breakthrough role in “Glee” to his Emmy-winning role in “American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace.” (Theme Music: Scott Buckley’s “Clarion”)

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Happy Pacino Saturday🌻

[hmtaxidermy]

Thought I’d seen the last of the giants for a while…then this guy rolled in.

This beast is a bull Bison, and he’s twice as large as the cow bison I did a while back.

And, yes, that is the same buck I used for a size comparison last time, just so you can see just HOW much bigger this monster is.

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Not over @darrencriss as Bobby yet. 🖤🔥✨

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Grazing

What do you think about my pic?