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Buffalo and Water
Water Buffalo ploughing rice fields near Salatiga, Central Java, Indonesia
The Vietnamese zodiac is almost identical to Chinese zodiac except that the second animal is the Water Buffalo instead of the Ox, and the fourth animal is the Cat instead of the Rabbit.
* Water Buffalo, ( Bubalus bubalis ) domesticated bovid from southeast Asia
* Wild Water Buffalo, ( Bubalus arnee ), the ancestor of the domestic water buffalo
The steamship Walk in Water, built in Buffalo, was the first steamship on Lake Erie.
Other domestic species have escaped and over time have produced wild populations including the cat, Fallow Deer, Red Deer, Sambar Deer, Rusa Deer, Chital, Hog Deer, Domestic Horse, Donkey, Pig, Domestic Goat, Water Buffalo, Blackbuck and the Dromedary.
* 4000 BC – In Mehrgarh, the domestication of numerous crops, including peas, sesame seeds, dates, and cotton, as well as a wide range of domestic animals, including the Domestic Asian Water Buffalo, an animal that remains essential to intensive agricultural production throughout Asia today.
The association with the ' River Kwai ' came from the fact that the greater part of the Thai part of the route followed the valley of the Khwae Noi, ' Kwai ' being the Thai word for Water Buffalo.
** Water Buffalo, Bubalus bubalis
** Wild Asian Water Buffalo, Bubalus arnee
** Short-horned Water Buffalo, Bubalus mephistopheles †
** European Water Buffalo, Bubalus murrensis †
Some zoologists split the Water Buffalo into two or three species, the Domestic Asian Water Buffalo, the Philippines Carabao and the Wild Asian Water Buffalo, a rare endangered species which is the domestic buffalo's ancestor.
Water Buffalo had a big influence on the Kakadu region as well.
Introduction of Domestic Asian Water Buffalo from Southeast Asia has resulted in damage to the fragile floodplains and wetlands.

Buffalo and British
* Avro 571 Buffalo, a 1920s prototype carrier-based British torpedo bomber
* 1813 – British soldiers burn Buffalo, New York during the War of 1812.
* December 29 – War of 1812: British soldiers burn Buffalo, New York.
It was located near a drift, or ford, on the Buffalo ( Mzinyathi ) River, which at the time formed the border between the British colony of Natal and the Zulu kingdom.
It was directed to swing wide of the British left flank and pass west and south of Isandlwana hill itself positioning itself across the line of communication and retreat of the British and their colonial allies in order to prevent their escape back into Natal by way of ford of the Buffalo river leading to Rorke's Drift.
During the War of 1812, the press of the " Buffalo Gazette " was moved to Clarence, out of harm's way of the British troops.
In retaliation, British and Indians captured Fort Niagara and burned most of the buildings and homes south of it to what is now Buffalo.
David Crosby had performed rhythm guitar and vocals with folk-rock group The Byrds ; Stephen Stills had been a guitarist, vocalist and songwriter in the band Buffalo Springfield ; and Graham Nash had been a guitarist, vocalist and songwriter with The Hollies, one of the " British Invasion " acts.
* Gallop, Alan ( 2001 ) Buffalo Bill's British Wild West, Stroud: Sutton, ISBN 0-7509-2702-X
Future members of many folk rock acts, including The Byrds, the Jefferson Airplane, The Lovin ' Spoonful, The Mamas & the Papas, and Buffalo Springfield, all turned their backs on traditional folk music during 1964 and 1965 as a direct result of the influence of The Beatles and the other British Invasion bands.
It evolved out of the psychedelia-influenced folk rock of British acts such as Donovan, The Incredible String Band, and Tyrannosaurus Rex, but was also heavily influenced by such American folk rock bands as The Byrds, Love, and Buffalo Springfield.
The band continued to tour through the summer of 2009 with shows in Buffalo, New York, Providence, Rhode Island, Asbury Park, New Jersey, Seattle, Washington, San Francisco, California, Anaheim, California, Hampton Beach, New Hampshire, and Victoria, British Columbia where they performed at the Victoria Ska Fest with Voodoo Glow Skulls, The Slackers and Chris Murray.
A design in 1936 for a carrier-capable monoplane resulted in the Brewster F2A ( named Buffalo by the British ), which was chosen over an early version of the F4F Wildcat.
* Brewster F2A ( Buffalo in British service )
Truscott's planning for Buffalo was meticulous: British 5th Division and 1st Division on the left were to attack along the coast and up the Via Anziate to pin the German 4th Parachute, 65th Infantry and 3rd Panzergrenadier in place whilst the U. S. 45th Infantry, 1st Armored and 3rd Infantry Divisions would launch the main assault, engaging the German 362nd and 715th Infantry Divisions and striking towards Campoleone, Velletri and Cisterna respectively.
On December 12, he delivered an address to the largest public meeting in the history of Buffalo, describing Upper Canada's desire for liberty and their oppression at the hands of the British, and asking for their help.
The survivors fled to British regions in Canada and the Niagara Falls and Buffalo areas.
A British hip hop scene emerged in the early 1980s, largely based on American hip hop music at parties and club nights, In this period some pop records dabbled with rap – such as Adam and the Ants ' " Ant Rap " ( 1981 ) LP, Wham's " Wham Rap ( Enjoy What You Do )" ( 1982 ) and Malcolm McLaren's " Buffalo Gals " ( 1982 ).
They are particularly common in areas with large Polish, Ukrainian, or Ruthene populations, such as Buffalo, Chicago, western Massachusetts, Minneapolis, Detroit, Cleveland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, the provinces of Manitoba, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Ontario.
Unable to get reinforcements across the river and concerned over the approach of a large number of Canadian Militia and British regulars, the Fenians retreated from Fort Erie for Buffalo.
Gen. Clark's 5th Army comprised three corps: U. S. IV Corps on the left formed by U. S. 1st Armored Division, South African 6th Armoured Division and two regimental Combat Teams (" RCT "), equivalent to 5, 000 men each: one of the U. S. 92nd Infantry Division ( Buffalo Soldiers ) and other was the Brazilian 6th RCT, the first arrived contingent of land forces element of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force ; in the centre was U. S. II Corps ( U. S. 34th, 85th, 88th and 91st Infantry Divisions supported by three tank battalions ); and on the right British XIII Corps ( British 1st Infantry Division, British 6th Armoured Division, 8th Indian Infantry Division and 1st Canadian Tank Brigade ).

Buffalo and designation
* December 2 – Brewster XF2A-1 ( company designation B-139 ), prototype of the Brewster F2A Buffalo
The 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion was nicknamed the " Triple Nickles " because of its numerical designation and the selection of 17 of the original 20-member " colored test platoon " from the 92nd Infantry ( Buffalo ) Division.
** The first NY 5A was a short-lived designation for the portion of modern NY 5 east of Buffalo.
; LVT-2 Water Buffalo, British designation Buffalo II ( 1942 )
; LVT-4 Water Buffalo, British designation Buffalo IV ( 1943 )

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