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Today, the Department of Agriculture recognizes "beefalo" as a distinct type of meat it comes from hybrids that are mostly bovine, with the bison's genetic contribution ranging from 17% to 37.5%.

Wondering if That's a Genuine Bison? Try Pulling Its Tail Stephanie Simon 2011

My wife, Dana, always said, “I don't know how you shed so easily; your shoulders are broad as bison's.”

This Year's Exoskeleton Dean Marshall Tuck 2011

He grabs the bison's tail with flat-head pliers and yanks, hard, again and again—until he snares a bristly bouquet of black hairs, which he holds aloft in triumph.

Wondering if That's a Genuine Bison? Try Pulling Its Tail Stephanie Simon 2011

Stephanie Simon/The Wall Street Journal Then a ranch hand wielding a pair of flat-head pliers grabs the young bison's tail and yanks, hard, until he snares a bristly bouquet of black hairs.

Taking the Breed by the Tail 2011

Fun fact: Snow that falls on a bison's back does not melt because the fur is so thick and acts as insulation.

Facts about bison 2010

But visitors won't be disappointed if they make the drive here to learn the bison's full story.

A Home Where the Buffalo Roam 2009

In addition to consuming the meat, Indians ate the bison's intestines, nose gristle, eyeballs and testicles.

A Home Where the Buffalo Roam 2009

A full-size diorama depicts this, with the bison's head down as if it's about to ram the warrior's horse -- which often happened.

A Home Where the Buffalo Roam 2009

As the lift lurches forward, the bison's head hangs off the end of the pallet, inches from the side of the truck.

Pleistocene Park: Where the Auroxen Roam 2008

The bison's shed blood would be the male equivalent of the female's shed menstrual blood that flows with the waxing and waning of the Moon every month.

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