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paradisa2013-09-08 03:51 pm
deductiongeek) wrote in paradisa2013-09-08 03:51 pm
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Well, that was an interesting trip! I've never been to Winchester before.
The trip there was interesting too. I saw the buffalo with the hands. There were buffalo in my world too, although they didn't have hands. Of course the proper name for them wasn't buffalo at all! Not for that species. Properly, they should be called American Bison or Bison Bison. And even that isn't quite accurate! There are two subspecies, the plains bison and the wood bison.The plains bison is slightly smaller, while the wood bison is one of the largest species of bovid in the world. Only the Asian Gaur and the Wild Water Buffalo are larger.
The term buffalo was used first for the animal. It was first recorded in 1625. Buffalo comes from the french word boeufs, meaning ox or bullock. Buffalo is still commonly used. However bison, coming from a greek word meaning ox-like animal, is more scientifically correct. Properly speaking, the only two true buffalo are the Asian Water Buffalo and the African Buffalo.
The trip there was interesting too. I saw the buffalo with the hands. There were buffalo in my world too, although they didn't have hands. Of course the proper name for them wasn't buffalo at all! Not for that species. Properly, they should be called American Bison or Bison Bison. And even that isn't quite accurate! There are two subspecies, the plains bison and the wood bison.The plains bison is slightly smaller, while the wood bison is one of the largest species of bovid in the world. Only the Asian Gaur and the Wild Water Buffalo are larger.
The term buffalo was used first for the animal. It was first recorded in 1625. Buffalo comes from the french word boeufs, meaning ox or bullock. Buffalo is still commonly used. However bison, coming from a greek word meaning ox-like animal, is more scientifically correct. Properly speaking, the only two true buffalo are the Asian Water Buffalo and the African Buffalo.
[Conan suddenly realizes that he had rambled on and shared much more of his knowledge than he had intended. Why had he done that? Hastily he adds on an explanation.]
I saw a program on television about it once!
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