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Bailey The Buffalo Rides In Car, Drinks Beer In Alberta, Canada (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post   First Posted: 12/10/10 08:16 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 07:20 PM ET

A buffalo is a man's best friend? That seems to be the case with Bailey the bison, who is popular for cruising his Canadian hometown with owner Jim Sautner. The duo pop into bars, where the bison apparently drinks beer and hits the dance floor.

Sautner, the "buffalo whisperer," has even modified his sedan into a convertible fit for the 1600-pound bison, as seen in this video from CNN. Sautner's been close with the buffalo since he first adopted the orphaned calf and bottle-fed him, according to the Toronto Sun.

Not all buffalo get to go boozing and cruising, and many species are actually listed as endangered. According to the IUCN Red List, there may be less than 200 Wild Water Buffalo remaining in the world today, due to hunting, habitat loss, and changes in water flow.

WATCH this buffalo hop into a convertible:

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A buffalo is a man's best friend? That seems to be the case with Bailey the bison, who is popular for cruising his Canadian hometown with owner Jim Sautner. The duo pop into bars, where the bison appa...
A buffalo is a man's best friend? That seems to be the case with Bailey the bison, who is popular for cruising his Canadian hometown with owner Jim Sautner. The duo pop into bars, where the bison appa...
 
 
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Max Shaw
My micro-bio is no longer empty.
02:54 PM on 12/17/2010
What a lovely and unorthodox arrangement...I wish I had a strange pet I could take around town and hang out with.
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YankeeCanuck
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02:01 PM on 12/16/2010
Baily the bison now and then
Rode to town in a Pontiac Parisianne,
He'd drink and he'd dance
Without wearing pants
That's why he's been sent home again.
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Issaquah79
Look mom no head!
06:17 PM on 12/12/2010
That's so sweet. My grandpa kept his appaloosa in the house with him. He loved that horse.
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Rosewren
The power of kindness is infinite
09:28 PM on 12/10/2010
A Canadian bison named Bailey
Goes cruising with his owner daily.
Together they cruise
To bars for some brews
Where he's known to dance quite gaily.
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fromdnorth
OK I checked my micro-bio (didn't know I had one
09:25 AM on 12/11/2010
Couldn't be better... I think we should use it as our National Anthem... Brilliant...
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YankeeCanuck
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02:02 PM on 12/16/2010
Lovely!!!
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fromdnorth
OK I checked my micro-bio (didn't know I had one
08:54 PM on 12/10/2010
This is news?... Most Canadians have a pet buffalo... but we don't usually drive them around... That's a little gauche, don't you think?
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BrettnCalgary
12:36 AM on 12/11/2010
It's weird, you'd think nobody knew that most of us have a buffalo to drink beer with, heck, mine likes the bong too.
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fromdnorth
OK I checked my micro-bio (didn't know I had one
09:26 AM on 12/11/2010
Fanned for coming forth...
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fromdnorth
OK I checked my micro-bio (didn't know I had one
12:15 PM on 12/11/2010
You are yet another Calgarian imported from BC...
03:32 PM on 12/10/2010
BUFFALO..BILL...BAILEY...ARE SMARTER THAN US!
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ByersL
What fresh hell is this?
02:33 PM on 12/10/2010
Better hide that adorable creature from the SheBeast of Alaska!
12:07 AM on 12/11/2010
You only have to worry if you hear the TLC vans
02:23 PM on 12/10/2010
Bailey, I'll talk to you the way I talk to my animals. It was nice meeting you. Have a beer on me. I'ts time for me to go out to check the horses water..(probably frozen by now) We don't want them to go without a drink...LOL!
01:59 PM on 12/10/2010
The car looks like a Lincoln or a Cadillac. Would make a great advert for the company. And i have to admit, when i saw the car and the 10 gallon hat i thought "Oh these Texans!". How prejudiced of me!
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Repubnomore
03:34 PM on 12/10/2010
It's a Pontiac Parisienne - the Canadian version of a Chevy Caprice or Impala.
IMOPINIONH8D
because I want it empty...
07:51 PM on 12/11/2010
I thought it was a Caprice.
01:57 PM on 12/10/2010
See......our beer is better! It is now a proven fact.........the bison have called it. :))
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StAlphonso
"Yes indeed, here we are."
02:01 PM on 12/10/2010
I agree. And the recycled product is sent down here.
IMOPINIONH8D
because I want it empty...
07:53 PM on 12/11/2010
They still have to water it down before they'll drink it.
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01:52 PM on 12/10/2010
Fine, but watch out for Sarah!
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jmad
01:51 PM on 12/10/2010
30 seconds of adds 45 second story sucks.
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LeftLeanWing
Ah.. I said..Ah Said I said... Proceed Guv'nah
01:45 PM on 12/10/2010
Don't know about y'all...

But beer makes me have to take whizzes....quite often and like a buffalo on beer.
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boomer7391
Beliefs are the seeds of evil.
01:42 PM on 12/10/2010
i dunno...looks a little TOO intimate for my tastes, but hey
02:11 PM on 12/10/2010
They are having fun! "TOO intimate", who cares? Think of Bailey as a dog, a big dog, thats how I look at my horses, big sweet doggies.