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4 unusual facts about African buffalo


.416 Remington Magnum

While the .375 H&H Magnum is considered marginal on heavy, dangerous game, the .416 Rigby was recognized as a big bore with definitive stopping power to put down elephant, African Cape buffalo and rhinoceros.

.460 Weatherby Magnum

It is designed to provide the ultimate in stopping power against African elephant, African buffalo, hippopotamus and the rhinoceros.

Itherther

According to legend, Itherther was a buffalo who existed at the beginning of time, alone with a female calf called Thamuatz.

Scaphosepalum

In accordance with their genus name, many species in this genus produce unusual and distinctive flowers; some possessing cushion-like characteristics reminiscent of an African buffalo's horns, others possessing characteristics of snake fangs.


Myopia in animals

In Central Park Zoo, New York, several myopic animals have been reported, including a 39-year-old elephant, a Cape buffalo, and some monkeys.


see also

Haematoxenus

veliferus infects cattle and the African buffalo and is spread by the tick Amblyomma variegatum.