--- description: The first two buffalo babies of the season have been born at Custer State Park in South Dakota. title: Here's Some Fluffy Baby Buffalo Frolicking About image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch These Fluffy Baby Buffalo Frolic About on the Plains  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Apr 8, 2016 5:49 PM CUT  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Apr 8, 2016 5:49 PM CUT The first two [buffalo](http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1599697,00.html?iid=sr-link2 "undefined") [babies](http://time.com/4266607/springtime-baby-animals/?iid=sr-link6 "undefined") of the season have been born at Custer State Park in South Dakota and luckily, there’s now [footage of the tiny bison](http://time.com/4006546/baby-animals-travel/?iid=sr-link4 "undefined") adorably stumbling around with their mothers. The pair joins a herd of 1,300 buffalo that live in the park, [according to Mashable](http://mashable.com/2016/04/08/baby-buffalo/?utm%5Fcid=mash-com-Tw-main-link#U.nmavIoF5q6 "undefined"). In the clip, which was posted by the official YouTube channel for the South Dakota Department of Tourism, the babies can be seen roaming the plains, nursing and wading in a muddy stream. **Read More:** [Watch a Young Giraffe Prance Around to Celebrate Spring](http://time.com/4254106/giraffe-prances-celebrates-spring/?iid=sr-link4 "undefined") Watch the full video above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4286833/baby-buffalo-frolic-south-dakota/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4286833/baby-buffalo-frolic-south-dakota/"},"headline":"Watch These Fluffy Baby Buffalo Frolic About on the Plains","datePublished":"2016-04-08T17:49:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:31:28.913Z","description":"They're the first calves of the season","url":"https://time.com/4286833/baby-buffalo-frolic-south-dakota/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","animal videos","Buffalo"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4286833/baby-buffalo-frolic-south-dakota/","name":"Watch These Fluffy Baby Buffalo Frolic About on the Plains"}}]}] ```