Jeff_NE_WI
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Had a extremely rare 1 in a 10 million rare white bison calf born in our town today. I bet they will be swamped with tv stations and native american tribes
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Pete in MD
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Some info on white bison from a google search.
A white buffalo or white bison is an American bison possessing white fur, and is considered sacred or spiritually significant in several Native American religions; therefore, such buffalo are often visited for prayer and other religious rituals. The coats of buffalo are almost always brown and their skin a dark brown or black; however, white buffalo can result from one of several physical conditions:
*They may be albinos, in which case they will remain unpigmented throughout their lives, and may also have hearing and vision problems.
*They may be leucistic, with white fur but blue eyes, instead of the pink seen in albinos.
*They may have a rare genetic condition which causes a buffalo to be born white, but to become brown within a year or two as it matures.
*They may be beefalo, a bison–cattle crossbreed, and thus have inherited the white coloration from their cattle ancestry.
White buffalo are extremely rare; the National Bison Association has estimated that they only occur in approximately one out of every 10 million births.
A white buffalo or white bison is an American bison possessing white fur, and is considered sacred or spiritually significant in several Native American religions; therefore, such buffalo are often visited for prayer and other religious rituals. The coats of buffalo are almost always brown and their skin a dark brown or black; however, white buffalo can result from one of several physical conditions:
*They may be albinos, in which case they will remain unpigmented throughout their lives, and may also have hearing and vision problems.
*They may be leucistic, with white fur but blue eyes, instead of the pink seen in albinos.
*They may have a rare genetic condition which causes a buffalo to be born white, but to become brown within a year or two as it matures.
*They may be beefalo, a bison–cattle crossbreed, and thus have inherited the white coloration from their cattle ancestry.
White buffalo are extremely rare; the National Bison Association has estimated that they only occur in approximately one out of every 10 million births.
Steve@Advance
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Didn't the white buffalo calf that was supposed to have been shot turn out to be a hoax? Something I remember about that story, it was faked or it was a cross breed... Claimed it was shot, but it was quickly disposed of to cover the fraud?
Can't remember, the details.
Can't remember, the details.
oesn't look all that healthy.(quoted from post at 18:38:03 08/06/14) Had a extremely rare 1 in a 10 million rare white bison calf born in our town today. I bet they will be swamped with tv stations and native american tribes
I may have the rarest off all.
I have a 8-9 year old bison cow( been brown all her life)turn allmost completely white when she shedded her winter coat 4 years ago.
She stayed that way for a whole year.
Now she is mostly brown again. I lost most of the pics, this is only 1 of 2 left
jennifer408
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good for you, i hope she has a long happy life. 
I know of a place in Arizona that has a whole herd of "White Buffalo". Problem is they are Beefalo. Have a touch of Charolais thrown in on them.
We did a bunch of DNA work of a couple herds of Buffs, and not a single one of them is "pure". Everyone of them had some Bovine in them.
We did a bunch of DNA work of a couple herds of Buffs, and not a single one of them is "pure". Everyone of them had some Bovine in them.
ryanwheelock
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Pete's post down below found this info, "The National Bison Association has estimated that they only occur in approximately one out of every 10 million births."
Nancy Howell
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How marvelous!
Nancy Howell
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I think that's what happened to the one that was born in the Dallas area few years back.
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