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CAPE BUFFALO – A Big Five Animal

SafariKay.com has been updated with a new article on Cape Buffalo by Chitraparna Sinha.

A cape buffalo is a hoofed mammal with drooping fringed ears and ridged heavy horns growing straight out from the head or curve downward and then up. These horns have many uses – against predators, jostling for space within the herd and fighting for male dominance.

Normally placid if left alone, a Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer), or African Cape buffalo, or Savanna buffalo (as it is commonly called) is very unpredictable and can prove to be very dangerous when it is concerned or when it is wounded.

It is one of the ‘Top Five’ or the ‘Big Five’ group of animals found in Africa – buffalo, lions, leopards, elephants and rhinoceroses. [...]

Visit CAPE BUFFALO – A Big Five Animal that’s Easy to Spot to read the whole article.

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