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Sedgr
Sep 16, 2007

Neat!

I'll give this a shot.

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Sedgr
Sep 16, 2007

Neat!

The Bluffalo
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Dear Sir or Madam;

Thank you for your interest in the Save the North American Bluffalo Fund! Every donation that our foundation receives goes to the study and preservation of this reclusive and relatively unknown animal species.

The Bluffalo is a solitary creature that roams the American west. It can be identified by its naturally occurring unnatural ability to be unidentified. The exact process by which the Bluffalo achieves this is still unknown and the subject of much debate in the broader scientific community.

The Bluffalo constantly poses as other animals, disguising itself and confounding zoologists and researchers trying to accurately determine the animals habitat, population, and behaviours. Furthermore, no live Bluffalo has ever been captured. Only Bluffalo that have been pre-deceased and already returned to their natural form.

When the rare dead Bluffalo have been found, they exhibit all the usual traits of a common North American Bison. Immense body, hooves, thick coat and hide. The Bluffalos hide is unique and differentiates it from the common Bison in that it protects the Bluffalo by actually hiding it. Perfect camouflage. Instantly adapting to make the Bluffalo appear to be any other animal but the Bluffalo. Truly remarkable. Unfortunately with no direct evidence of how the Bluffalo accomplishes this marvel of biology the debate over its methodology still rages. In this researcher's opinion it’s magic. It’s probably magic.

The Bluffalo is also capable of a robust vocalization, able to mimic a complex set of sounds and even human voices! Researchers have on numerous occasions heard the Bluffalo mating call of “Hey, go the gently caress away! This is our spot!” The most common sound the Bluffalo make however is a loud crashing sound as they chase you through the bushes.

Socially, as previously mentioned, the Bluffalo tends to be a solitary creature, rarely encountering more than a handful of other Bluffalo in its entire life. With no way to identify other Bluffalo thanks to their natural camouflage the species has mostly propagated through sheer blind luck and a gentle god.

If you do happen to locate a suspected Bluffalo proceed with extreme caution. While the animal is not any more dangerous than your average Bison, that's still really, really dangerous. The slightest error in judgement and you could be crushed by something that looks like a small woodland creature, but is infact a multi-ton killing machine.

Luckily for humanity the Bluffalo is only interested in the genocide of high plains grasses and not the massacring of the human race.

Please let us once again thank you for your support. Together we will continue our efforts to study and protect this noble beast of the prairies.

Sincerely,
Dr. Izzy Nohtablughalow

Sedgr
Sep 16, 2007

Neat!

Just checked out the video. Glad the judges liked the Bluffalo. My piece was sort of an odd one out since I didn't aim to write an actual story. Ended up going for a bit of a kids fictitious animal facts letter thing so the pokedex comment is pretty spot on. :cheers: Thanks!

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