Tallgrass prairie preserve north of Pawhuska, OK
Mar 3, 2017 08:38:37 #
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Hibler wrote:
Buffalo
Very nice shot.
I grew up in Oklahoma City and often visited Tallgrass and also Lawton/Ft. Sill. I really enjoyed the Buffalo/Bison herds.
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Mar 3, 2017 10:43:13 #
lsaguy wrote:
Nope. Bison.
Rick Girard
Rick Girard
American Heritage Dictionary says buffalo and bison are synonymous. Either is acceptable.
Mar 3, 2017 23:16:24 #
This is a really nice photo of a bison/buffalo. I like that the composition really depicts the prairie area as a large open grassland. I've never visited that place so I don't know if it is or isn't but in this photo it appears that way. Nicely done.
Walt
Walt
Mar 4, 2017 07:33:31 #
Mar 4, 2017 08:03:12 #
jaymatt wrote:
American Heritage Dictionary says buffalo and bison are synonymous. Either is acceptable.
I hate to be pedantic, but... dictionaries accept common usage, they are not Taxonomic reference material. I used to volunteer at the TGPP, and we were specifically taught that there are only two species of Buffalo on this planet, the Cape Buffalo of Africa and the Water Buffalo of Asia. Like their relative the European Bison (also known as the Wisent), our Plains icon is a Bison. A comparison of the Bison to the Water Buffalo shows the obvious differences. Having said that, more people will know what you mean if you use the word Buffalo. That makes it informative, but that doesn't make it correct.
Great picture!!!
Mar 4, 2017 08:53:13 #
Mar 4, 2017 10:16:34 #
Hibler wrote:
Buffalo
Great pic of the baddest mutha in the valley!
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