Bison vs. Buffalo: What's the Difference?
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- Опубликовано: 2 фев 2018
- Burly, shaggy bison (Bison bison), the North American hoofed mammals that, for many people, embody the American West, are often referred to as buffalo. But even though they are in the same family group as Old World buffalo species, bison are not closely related to those species, making the common name "buffalo" misleading. Learn more → www.livescience.com/32115-bis...
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The main difference is that bison would never lose 4 straight Superbowls.
No Bison ever lost its helmet at a match start, sigh.
No, but they do get their asses kicked every year by a bunch of Bulls.
Hysterical
So the logo for Buffalo Wild Wings is inaccurate?
Berenstein moment... there were buffalo in North America and they were hunted into extinction. There are still bison. The Woolley buffalo was not a bison. Old encyclopedias show the differences in hand drawn pictures. Their horns were different and so were their beards and head shapes.
@@songstra are you sure?, i dunno
@@songstra No, those were Bison too. People coming over from Europe didn't know what they were but they looked kinda similar to African buffalo and Asian buffalo and while Bison and Buffalo are both Bovines, Bison are not buffalo and the kinds of Bison in North America that went extinct from hunting, were Bison, not buffalo. They named it the wrong thing. So Buffalo Wild Wings and the Buffalo Bills logo both have Bison on them, not buffalo. It'd be like the Detroit Lions having a Tiger as their mascot. Other sports teams made the same mistake of misnaming something. The Cleveland Indians and the Washington Redskins come to mind.
@@songstra you are incorrect and spreading misinformation. The ONLY buffalo to ever live on the continent of North America were and are the ones that lived/live in zoo's. 🙄
@@songstra but in the logo, that's clearly a bison
Native Buffalonian here.
I think this would be a great video to play at Buffalo Bisons games. It probably belongs on the city's website too.
Go bills
i watched this video then came to a realization all those statues in town are bison statues
Believe it or not, I didn't search this up for a school project, I was just curious
I’m not gonna lie me too
I grew up in KS and one of the things I was always taught was that the American buffalo was hunted *completely* to extinction and that all we had left was the bison. A nearly identical relative to the American buffalo.
We also regularly got hit with a particularly weird PSA on one of the cartoon networks I watched as a kid. I can’t exactly recall if it stated it directly, but through the visuals it basically implied that if we didn’t cut back on our water usage, we’d inevitably drain the oceans dry and leave whales beached and dehydrated on the sea floor…
in KANSAS!!! Where most of our water comes from ground water aquifers… NOT THE FUCKING OCEAN! Never mind the fact that most places, even on the coast (which KS clearly isn’t) don’t tend to use ocean water if they can help it as removing the salinity from it is often more expensive than pumping ground water, or literally any other source of water.
Looking back, there was just some of the weirdest propaganda in my childhood.
They lied. Sad.
They were right … how’s that ogalala aquifers health now ?
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In what way were they right? The water usage from the aquifers has no impact on ocean water levels which the animation I’m referring to was implying.
I never said they were wrong about the water usage. I’m saying the the imagery of the entire ocean draining if we kept using that much water is outright propagandistic
this gentlemen said its a lie theyd every face any water issues, because they have the aquifer. Well ... thats not a lie, thats the truth. theyve over used the aquifer and polluted their surface and ground water via agriculture. They are on the precipice of a collapsed Ogalala watershed. Funny thing, Oceans are the way rain and weather are generated. Perhaps the notion that the climate change and changing preciptation patterns DO IN FACT HAVE A BEARING ON THE WATERSHED HE IS IN. What an idea huh?@@pirateswiggity5278
Bison Bill.
Bison Wild Wings.
Fun fact: They were originally called buffalo bisons
What did the buffalo say to his boy when he went off to school?
Bison.
One thing they both have in common
They're both scary as heck when you tick them off
I'm 42 years old, and just found out that what I thought were buffalo for the past four decades are actually bison.
Nah don't believe the lies buffalo, bison SAME ANIMAL!
I never knew there was a difference. Thanks!
Best way to tell them apart is the ask 'which one skipped leg day?'
Thank you for this clarifying!
So, what type of Buffalo have wings?
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Spicy ones
Tats the red bull right
Buffalo wild wings
The African ones. Their attitude is very spicy
I have read that Samuel De Champlain visited the Nippissing, north of the Huron Lake, and they would have show some bison pelt, which is really possible for the time period, when you know bisons were not only in the far west, and with trade, which they were also known for trading with the western tribes, they would have acquires such pelt, possibly, and Champlain seeing it, would have called it a ''Buffle'' (buffalo, but in french) and because it looked like that to him! I dont know for sure if it originated from the father of new france, but I would imagine that words spreads out after that. And knowing how french settlers and fur traders went far west before the anglos actually went, it would not surprise me at all, that french were for something into this!
Cool! Great video.
So, a bison is a buffalo but a buffalo isn't a bison.....?
A buffalo is a buffalo but a bison is a bison
@@koltleo both the same animal. Video simply showing 2 types of buffalo(bison) the American Buffalo & the water Buffalo.
Who else is still confused as to what the difference is between a Bison and Buffalo?
Educational.Thxs.,Merci.
Thanks so much for the video.
I don't think the "european settler used a name they knew" story seems plausible, wouldn't they have called the Bison Wisent after the European Bison if that was the case?
Well the Wisent may have been extinct on Britain already, but was a far distant bovine really more well known as the most notable wild continental bovine?
Wait so in America there’s only bison and not buffalo?
"large cattle like species".
Funny thing is that cattle is itself a separate species than bison and buffalo but like bison and buffalo cattle males are called bulls and females are called cows.
Really enjoyed this.
When the bison fought the bull in Warez Mexico is a wonderful video to google
Short and effective love it
Still calling them Buffalo is refusing to admit you were wrong still, after hundreds of years.
Ive always thought the Buffalo Bills were Bison anyway
wich bison is the one with six legs and can fly
So if I'm in America and the menu says buffalo burger I'm more than likely eating a bison burger.
And all thanks to tbs founder Ted turner. Lol
They're closer to the Wisent, which is probably where the Greco Latin Bison came from
I hate how people always confuse the two. Idk why but it infuriates me
Bison and Buffalo just like elephants and mammoth
colorado university are the buffaloes but the animal they use at football games to represent the university looks to be, based on the description in this video, a bison. are they confusing the two and using either the wrong name or wrong live animal (which we shouldn't be doing in the first place)? Seems like they should be the CU Bison.
I've been calling bison some buffalo for years I mean they pretty much are the same thing. The differences are fairly subtle. I'll make it a point to call them bison from now on and correct anybody who calls them Buffalo cuz I'm so smart now.
Dont listen to them natives have always known them as buffalo bison is a white word
@@luisvaca1250 Actually Buffalo is a Portugese word for an African animal, when Europeans started coming to the Americas they were already familiar with the word Buffalo and just used it to refer to any big cow-like animal that was not a cow. The Ojibwe for example call Bisons "Mashkodebizhiki" and the Algonquin call them "pijakì".
Bison wild wings
I talked about Bisons but I never saw one at the zoo before I went to Los Angeles Zoo I want to go to the San Diego Zoo this summer hopefully I go pretty soon
Call it a Bufalison
Does Bison have predators. I knw Buffalos get eaten By lions
Wolves
Wolves during the winter.
Grisly Bears wolves and Coyotes...
Grizzly bears, black bears, polar bears ( possibly ), mountain lions, wolves, north-eurasian-siberian lynx ( theyre much larger than canadian lynx, and theyre in the top 10 of biggest cats. With eurasian lynx being recorded of having some individuals over 30kg, and east siberian lynx over 40kg, quite big cats known to take down deer and elk ), coyotes, wolverines ( truly fierce, potentially can kill a bison if hes ill ), sport hunting?
Grizzlies and Wolves prey on Bisons
Bro give me more info! Like knowing what buffalo are more closely related to, if theres anything bison are related to. Gimme scientific names! Families, genuses, orders! Are bison all alone on their branch of the tree of life?
School House Rock calls them Buffalo, so i shall do the same (plus i always knew them as Buffalo) Tomato Tomato 😗
Could you do a video, about Moose vs Eurasian Elk: What's the difference? It would fix my identity crisis.
Thanks!
Oh, I think the confusion exists because in Russia they call the Moose "Elk" and the Elk otherwise. I think "Wapiti" or just deer.
In North America we use the name Bison or Buffalo for the same animal. The name is used based on geographical orientation. North Americans do not refer the Cape Buffalo or Water Buffalo to be the same animal as a Buffalo. Much the same as Americans have Caribou and in Europe they are called Reindeer. Christians have God, Muslims have Ala. ''''''''But world wide on social media we have Karens.
Wow... I thought the American Buffalo and Bison were different animals. I definitely thought yhe Buffalo was extinct. I can't be to only one right? 😅
Buffalo Bison different names same animal. Video showing water Buffalo which are different than Buffalo we have in America.
I often wondered if they were of the same type of species and could interbreed. I know they can cross breed yaks with other animals.
I don’t believe so. But American Bison can be interbred with European Bison. That’s actually a plan some conversationalists have developed in Europe, as the European Bison is nearly extinct.
In our state, the Bison have been reintroduced in parks and reserves to bring up the population but they are also breeding them so eventually there will be nothing but Bison DNA in them.
A bison will own a buffalo in a fight although called buffalo.
Can you buy a few months old buffaloes?
Once the buffalo roamed free.
They’ve always roamed free in Africa because no one dared to domesticate them
As any school kid knows, the difference between a buffalo and a bison. You can't wash your hands in a buffalo.
There’s a school near me that is called buffalo but the mascot is a bison
Complain the to school and say they are wrong and should change the name or logo to fit the name
A name is a name.
I dont mind adding my name, but don't like recurring phone calls!
Bisons live in the American content and buffalos lives in Africa or Europe. Both have different appearances as well.
Actually bisons live in both america, and eurasia, buffalo love in africa and southern asia
Additionally bison and buffalo are also part of entirely different subtribes within the tribe Bovini, bison are in the subtribe Bovina whilst buffalo belong to Bubalina.
There is also another bison species called the European bison.
I made bison vs buffalo comparison must watch
i not learn nothing from this video. Where is weight ? Power size of body ?
Im with bison bacause there power and size
FINALLY SOMEONE KNOWS
What's the difference between a buffalo and a bison?
You can't wash your hands in a buffalo.
people that can’t see different between a buffalo and a Bison is BLIND or need some weed
Nah people who think they are the same are high on weed
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Indricotherium ? Dino sized mammal 18 tons
coyotes get mistaken for wolves
yeap they do look similar especially from a distance, but look close enough you can easily spot the differences. Coyotes always hunt alone & usually hunt small prey like rabbits or mice.
Buffalo was a name give them by the French hunters in the 1600's. These creatures were the Native Americans long before any white man gave them a name. Lakota call them 'pte' but these days when they refer to them they use the term buffalo. If they use the term buffalo... that's good enough for me. I don't need a white woman explaining the Lakota are wrong..
So what's a Tatanka?
Another word for bison. I believe that’s what the natives called bison
if the american bison was supposedly always called a bison then why were the indians called buffalo hunters? did we change the name to bison over the years and africa didnt need to because they always owned their country? im a bit confused as to why the indians hunted buffalo or were called buffalo hunters in O.G america but apparently they were really hunting bison lol. maybe we lost translation of what the indians were really saying?
B.S the whites changed the names so people can forget native american culture its always been tatanka which translates to buffalo
No natives call them bison
@VF1100rider lmao
If you would have asked me before I watched this I would have said the reverse
Bos bison. FIFY. www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/animals/mammal/bobi/all.html
Bison win.
Is good to see Cenk uygur in his natural habitat.
They both taste great.
TAKANKA .. ln our language is buffalo ... dont make it so confusing ...God ... We know what it
means ... Dakota Sioux ndn
Who wins??? Oh god who WINS????
I with bison because their power
Me like Mindy Weisberger.
who came from the avatar?
Add my name but do not call
I know the difference and still know the difference today. And if anyone wants to argue with you ?
Tell tell to grow a beard and walk away. 🤔
Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.
who else thought this would be a fight video. a fight to death 😐
NONSENSE they ALL BUFFALO. Comparing Water Buffalo to land Buffalo
DAMN Girl! I got me a serious sweet lodge happnin.
Buffalo... more like Buuahi.
Bison.... more like Bisin..
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BISON IS ENGLISH & BUFFALO CANADIAN.
BISONS ENGLISH & BUFFALOS CANDIAN.
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There are no buffalo in America.
There are, in zoos
Extremely poor research on this subject. The Europeans knew about the Wisent before discovering North America, there's also the translation between French and Nordic terminology.
my bison have an arrow on its head.
oh and it can fly
Brih
can i be your friend
Wierdo
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@@creetan9997 Wierdo N2
@@moroccanfreethinker2739 It's a yes or no question.
I ain't messin witchu!
bison, new york , not buffalo NY. please change the city name to bison.
There is a city called bison in kansas
Buffalo have horns on the top of their head
Bison have horns on the side of their head
That’s the only difference
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Matthew Piskorz Lagoon849 Their bodies are totally different!
And it's bi-zon, not bi-son.
Bison meat is delicious
europe settlers? Really come on get outta town lady say it how it is repeat after me "illegal immigrants"