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minus-squareMrMakabar@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down10·22 days agoThis is a buffalo: They are not the same animal as American bison, which are also not European bison for that matter.
minus-squareJerkface (any/all)@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·edit-222 days agoIsn’t that a water buffalo? Not the same animal as the American Bison (commonly known as the American Buffalo.) I think once they have a 200 year old city named for them, you just have to accept that that’s what they’re called.
minus-squareMrMakabar@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down8·edit-222 days ago Isn’t that a water buffalo? or as you woul call it a water bison… Also the city was not on land, which had American bison, so no it is not named after the animal.
minus-squareF_State@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·20 days agoNo but the American Buffalo is also called a buffalo which is also a correct term.
minus-square_stranger_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·22 days agoAll the icons are American Buffalo though.
This is a buffalo:
They are not the same animal as American bison, which are also not European bison for that matter.
Isn’t that a water buffalo? Not the same animal as the American Bison (commonly known as the American Buffalo.) I think once they have a 200 year old city named for them, you just have to accept that that’s what they’re called.
or as you woul call it a water bison…
Also the city was not on land, which had American bison, so no it is not named after the animal.
No but the American Buffalo is also called a buffalo which is also a correct term.
All the icons are American Buffalo though.