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[–] MrMakabar@slrpnk.net -1 points 6 months ago (4 children) This is a buffalo: They are not the same animal as American bison, which are also not European bison for that matter. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 16 points 6 months ago* (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] MrMakabar@slrpnk.net -7 points 6 months 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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago All the icons are American Buffalo though. permalink fedilink source parent [–] F_State@midwest.social 2 points 6 months ago No but the American Buffalo is also called a buffalo which is also a correct term. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 16 points 6 months ago* (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] MrMakabar@slrpnk.net -7 points 6 months 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] MrMakabar@slrpnk.net -7 points 6 months 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago All the icons are American Buffalo though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] F_State@midwest.social 2 points 6 months ago No but the American Buffalo is also called a buffalo which is also a correct term. permalink fedilink source parent