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minus-squareMrMakabar@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month 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-up16·edit-21 month 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-up1·edit-21 month 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-square_stranger_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoAll the icons are American Buffalo though.
minus-squareF_State@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoNo but the American Buffalo is also called a buffalo which is also a correct term.
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.
All the icons are American Buffalo though.
No but the American Buffalo is also called a buffalo which is also a correct term.