I Really Like Coins With A Bison!

Fantastic!

The taxonomy verifiably accurate as shown in the graphic. Someone not knowing what that term means needs to go back to high school biology or look it up as a refresher since that system is the universal basis upon which all living organisms, plant and animal, are named and classified.

Having taught taxonomy in the past, this non-buffalo-internet-born trend has always been ridiculous to me b/c the scientific facts are the scientific facts regardless if someone does not want to accept it or not.

Taxonomy was invented by Charles Linnaeus in 1735. That was the first time the word "bison" was applied as a CLASSIFICATION (not an animal name) a full 100 years after the American Buffalo had already been given its name of "buffalo" by the French explorer Samuel De Champlain. Having been introduced to the animal by Indians of the Nipissin First Nation, Champlain was writing about the animal and named it a buffalo from the French beouf...the French term for ox/beef-like.

Linnaeus took the Greek word, bison, which is the (wait for it...) Greek equivalent of the what the animal already was being called...the French word beouf (buffalo). Both terms mean ox/beef like. Latin or Greek are the standards for science, and so the already-used French name of ox/beef-like was mimicked in the Greek term to be used for CLASSIFICATION purposes.

Another example just in case the difference between bison and buffalo has not yet registered. In other words, "dog" is to "buffalo" as Canis familiaris is to Bison bison (and Bubalis bubalis).

As to the linked website...I have seen a joke on the internet:
"You can believe everything you see on the internet" by Abraham Lincoln.

Websites that do not take the time to check standardized scientific facts are rampant. They include some very "official" websites as well.
however, wanting and stating do not make fact.

BTW...despite the linked websites scientific misinformation, note the website also is not historically accurate either. Whoever was writing up their content did not want to take the time to dig dee enogh to find out the origin of the word buffalo as knowin to history.

Just one more item...
As a kid I was well aware of the animals name since I grew up near Fort Le Beouf, (Waterford) Pennsylvania. Yes..."Fort Buffalo" is what that name means. The name for the fort was given in 1753 b/c of the North American Buffalo that used to roam the area. Even though the classification system had been around for 20 years, people in educated circles were still using the name of the animal and not its classification.

Oops, I think my Felis catis wants me.

I apologize my post made you think this was personal and evoked an emotional response. I had no intention of that at all. I have appreciated your input on this forum for a long time and menat no offense.

As a former science and math teacher I really have to work at it when writing/posting to add the right wording so people won't take offense. I just do not naturally think of those things in the way my brain is wired. I spent a good 20 minutes just with this post alone editing and re-editing b/c I was trying to state fact as it is and not include personal prefeferences.

I am an educator and posted b/c I see all over the internet where people are not aware of the taxonomy & history (not something I made up and "think it is") so, just like many people nowadays use the word "shinny" for "shiny" and "loose" for "lose," I shared the verifiable facts. I am a researcher and appreciate when I am corrected or show info I did not know. So I tend to think others appreciate this as well...which, I guess is why my profession was teaching!

The info was put here so readers coming to the forum will understand there has been an internet-fostered error concerning using a classification only vs. an animals common name. Thus, specifically, the reference to the word dog and cat was made.


For that matter, it is a free country and someone can call this animal a pigeon if they make the choice to do so.

Funny you should mention that!

Back in the late 60s through the 80s when I used to live close to Erie, PA, there was an amazing restaurant called the "Peterseria" (owner was named Pete) on 8th street close to Peninsula Drive. Their specialty was buffalo wings...simply AMAZING!

When you ordered a bucket of wings, they were double bucketed b/c the hot buffalo sauce would soak through the inside bucket. When you opened the lid, you were greeted by a literal and total covering over the top of a layer of hot pepper seeds that had to be dug into to find the chicken. You also had to drive with the windows down in the car b/c your eyes would be so teared up otherwise, and it was hard to breath without coughing. I know it's hard to believe, but that is no exaggeration at all! Man my mouth is watering as I typed that!

The owner, Pete, was from Buffalo and when I asked why they were called Buffalo wings, he said he was originally from Buffalo (only 80 miles away). Pete said in the early 60s he had a hand in making Buffalo style chicken wings at the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, New York. At least from what I have been able to tell, the story seems accurate not only from him as an eye witness, but also from online sources as well.

The term Buffalo-style chicken wings is what the name originally referred to sort of like Col. Sanders being from Kentucky & making Kentucky fried chicken. But, as you can see with the name of Pete's restaurant, he had a habit of playing with words. So the creation was dubbed "Buffalo wings." Now people are usually totally unaware the name includes where they were invented.

Now if Chick-fil-A had started out in Buffalo...

Earle I sent you a private message