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	Buffalo - LoveToKnow 1911
		BUFFALO, a name properly pertaining to an aberrant species of cattle which has been kept in a state of domestication in India and Egypt from time immemorial, and had been introduced from the latter country into southern Europe.
		In the Cape buffalo, Bos (Bubalus) caffer, the horns do not attain an excessive length, but in old bulls are so expanded and thickened at the base as to form a helmet-like mass protecting the whole forehead.
		The haunts of the Indian buffalo are the grass-jungles near swamps, in which the grass exceeds 20 ft. in height.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Buffalo (749 words)

	African Buffalo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The African Buffalo or Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer) is a bovid from the family of the Bovidae.
		The Cape Buffalo is not closely related to the Asian Water Buffalo, but its ancestry remains unclear.
		Known as one of the "big five" in Africa, the Cape Buffalo can be a volatile and formidable beast, goring, trampling and killing several people a year.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cape_buffalo (393 words)

	Cape Buffalo - Syncerus caffer of South Africa
		Buffalo live in large herds, which even today can number thousands: one of the most impressive and frightening sights of Africa is the mighty stampede of a herd of buffalo thundering across the savanna plains.
		Buffalo are troubled by skin parasites such as ticks, and red-billed oxpeckers are a common sight on buffalo: as many as 12 may be seen perched on a buffalo at any one time, pecking out ticks, which form their stable food.
		Buffalo are primarily grazers, and like to drink twice a day: they often wade into the water up to their bellies when drinking.
	home.intekom.com /ecotravel/Buffalo.htm (1333 words)

	cape buffalo - HighBeam Encyclopedia
		The cape, or African, buffalo may reach 7 ft (2.1 m) in length, weigh more than 1,500 lb (670 kg), and reach a height of 5 ft (1.5 m) at the shoulder.
		Cape buffalo gather in herds of up to a thousand animals; they graze and drink in the early morning and evening and rest during the heat of midday and at night.
		Cape buffalo are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Mammalia, order Artiodactyla, family Bovidae.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-capebuff.html (338 words)

	Cape buffalo hunts in South Africa. Hunt Cape buffalo with South African Hunting Safaris. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Cape buffalo are found in a wide variety of habitats in Southern Africa, including areas with rivers, lakes, and swamps.
		Young cape buffalo have a dense covering of hair; adults have sparse hair; and very little hair is present on the very old.
		Cape buffalo are highly sociable animals that travel in large, non-territorial herds.
	www.ausafari.com.au /cape_buffalo_hunts.htm (376 words)

	Water Buffalo, Water Ox
		In the Philippines the water buffalo is known as the carabao.
		African buffalo include the cape buffalo and the dwarf forest buffalo; both are different forms of the same species.
		The cape buffalo, which inhabits most of southern and central Africa, is large, measuring about 1.7 m (about 5.5 ft) at the shoulder.
	www.achehtimes.com /photos/nature-society/buffalo.htm (449 words)

	World Almanac for Kids
		BUFFALO, common name for several species of wild or domesticated oxen native to Asia and Africa, of the family BOVIDAE, subfamily Bovinae.
		In the Philippines the water buffalo is known as the carabao.
		The cape buffalo, which inhabits most of southern and central Africa, is large, measuring about 1.7 m (5.5 ft) at the shoulder.
	www.worldalmanacforkids.com /explore/animals/buffalo.html (353 words)

	Serengeti - Buffalo
		The Cape or African Buffalo is the larger of the two animals, and is, in fact, the second largest animal in the bovid class, second only to the Plains Buffalo of North America.
		Buffalo are ruminants, which means they have anaerobic bacteria in a specially segmented stomach that break down rough and otherwise inedible food.
		Buffalo, when submitting to a threat, will lower their heads with their faces forward, and turn so they can run away if need be.
	www.serengeti.org /bigfive_buffalo.html (801 words)

	African Buffalo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		In Africa, the buffalo is represented by the African or cape buffalo.
		Cape buffalo prefer areas of open pasture, close to jungle and swampy ground where they can wallow.
		All attempts to turn the cape buffalo into a "useful" animal by crossbreeding it with domestic cattle have so far proved futile.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/a/af/african_buffalo.html (247 words)

	ANIMAL BYTES - African cape buffalo
		The horns of the cape buffalo are an excellent indication of age and gender.
		Cape buffalo have the reputation of being dangerous when they are cornered or injured.
		Cape buffalo, by living in large herds and eating tall coarse grasses, play a vital role in the ecology of the grasslands.
	www.seaworld.org /animal-info/animal-bytes/animalia/eumetazoa/coelomates/deuterostomes/chordates/craniata/mammalia/artiodactyla/african-cape-buffalo.htm (394 words)

	cape buffalo — FactMonster.com
		The cape, or African, buffalo may reach 7 ft (2.1 m) in length, weigh more than 1,500 lb (670 kg), and reach a height of 5 ft (1.5 m) at the shoulder.
		Cape buffalo gather in herds of up to a thousand animals; they graze and drink in the early morning and evening and rest during the heat of midday and at night.
		buffalo, in zoology - buffalo buffalo, name commonly applied to the American bison but correctly restricted to certain...
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/sci/A0810271.html (221 words)

	The Interactive Hunter {CapeBuffalo Front View} (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Buffalo are fairly widespread throughout Africa, with the Cape or Southern Buffalo being the largest and most hunted.
		Buffalo are herd animals concentrated on the open savannah where grazing and water is plentiful.
		Buffalo are one of the only animals that purposefully circle back onto their own trail to "hunt" the persuer.
	www.worldshooter.com /interactive/capebuff/africa/buff1.html (524 words)

	african Cape Buffalo hunting with safaribwana
		Buffalo are herd animals concentrated on the open savannah where grazing and water is plentiful.
		Buffalo are one of the only animals that will purposefully circle back onto their own trail to "hunt" and lie in wait for their persuer.
		Buffalo hunting and their dangerous nature when wounded has been documented by all the great white hunters and on various video footage.
	www.safaribwana.com /ANIMALS/animpages/buffalo.htm (1370 words)

	Buffalo {Syncerus Caffer}
		The Buffalo {Syncerus Caffer} - The African or Cape Buffalo is a member of the "Big 5" group of animals..
		Buffalo varies considerably in size, with some of the forest populations half the size of those from the plains and Savannah.
		The African, or Cape, buffalo is a member of the "Big Five" group of animals, with the elephant, rhinoceros, lion and leopard.
	www.sa-venues.com /wildlife/wildlife_buffalo.htm (404 words)

	Buffalo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Buffalo, at one time the proposed name for a province in Western Canada that would have encompassed what are now Alberta and Saskatchewan
		Buffaloes, a term for Belgians who immigrated to the United States in the early 20th century, travelling through the city of Buffalo, New York on their way to Detroit and Chicago
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	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Buffalo (767 words)

	Cape Argus: The man who brought back buffalo
		Argente is the first buffalo to be born on the Cape Peninsula in more than 330 years, and that's something special - particularly to Lindsay Hunt, the man responsible for bringing these buffalo back to the Cape.
		The last Cape buffalo was killed in Constantia 337 years ago, he says, and buffalo horns have been dredged up from Zeekoevlei.
		Buffalo are very social, and a young blind bull, Tyson, is looked after by the others, whom he follows, using his acute hearing and smell.
	www.capeargus.co.za /index.php?fArticleId=163529 (1076 words)

	Cape Hotels - Premium Private Hotel and Guesthouse Accommodation in South Africa - The Addo Experience (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Buffalo became nocturnal and browsed to a large extent - a contrast to buffalo in other areas where they are diurnal grazers.
		The Addo buffalo are the only Cape buffalo to have survived into the 20th century in the Cape Province.
		Previously widespread in the Cape and pans of the Transvaal, this beetle is now restricted to the Southern and Eastern Cape, and in particular, the Addo area.
	www.capehotels.co.za /open/tours/the-addo-experience.html (1308 words)

	AWF: Wildlife: Buffalo
		The African, or Cape, buffalo is a member of the so-called "Big Five" group of animals, with the elephant, rhino, lion and leopard.
		In general buffaloes are found throughout the northern and southern savanna as well as the lowland rain forest.
		Buffaloes can live in herds of a few hundred, but have been known to congregate in thousands in the Serengeti during the rainy season.
	www.awf.org /content/wildlife/detail/buffalo (774 words)

	Cape Buffalo
		The African buffalo is not closely related to the Asian water buffalo, but its ancestry remains unknown.
		On a broad floodplain in Kafue NP herds average 450 buffaloes (range 19-2075), compared to 50 in the forests and glades of Mt. Meru, Tanzania.
		Buffaloes fleeing from lions or hyenas often bunch tightly and run at much less than top speed, making it difficult for the predator to single out a quarry.
	www.nature-wildlife.com /buftxt.htm (1413 words)

	Species Locator \| Cape Buffalo Hunting
		Cape Buffalo drinks at least once a day, spends the hottest part of the day in the shade chewing the cud.
		Buffalo are one of the only animals that purposefully circle back onto their own trail to "hunt" the pursuer.
		Cape Buffalo hunting and their dangerous nature when wounded have been documented by all the great white hunters and on various video footage.
	www.gssafaris.com /africa/cape_buffalo.html (988 words)

	Cape Buffalo ( Syncerus caffer caffer ) - Cape Buffalo information - Cape Buffalo facts - WildAnimalsOnline.com
		Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) or also called the African buffalo is a mammal at the order of Artiodactyla, and family Bovidae.
		Cape buffalo is massive built with powerful limbs and cow’s tail.
		Buffalos are non-territorial and extremely sociable animals, living in large mixed herds (having up to 1500 animals) that inhabit exclusive traditional home ranges (its large depend of large of the herd).
	www.wildanimalsonline.com /mammals/capebuffalo.php (245 words)

	African lions and Cape buffalo face off in Botswana's Okavango Delta - National Geographic Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Cape buffalo are always formidable prey, but, surprisingly, the Duba herd has learned to fight back as a unit.
		Buffalo returned the cats' aggression in more than three-quarters of the hunts we observed during two years at Duba, sometimes fatally injuring the lionesses.
		The buffalo are capable of fleeing the island, especially during the dry season, when the surrounding rivers are fordable.
	www7.nationalgeographic.com /ngm/0609/feature4/index.html (275 words)

	Creature Features - Buffaloes
		Water Buffalo (also known as Swamp Buffalo and Indian Buffalo): are found in south east Asia and were introduced to Australia in the 1800s.
		Cape Buffalo: these large, fl and horned buffalo are found in Africa, between the Sahara and the Cape of Good Hope.
		Buffaloes are active mainly at night and at dusk, spending the rest of the day wallowing in mud or resting in woodlands.
	www.abc.net.au /creaturefeatures/facts/buffalo.htm (302 words)

	African lions and Cape buffalo face off in Botswana's Okavango Delta - National Geographic Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Cape buffalo are always formidable prey, but, surprisingly, the Duba herd has learned to fight back as a unit.
		Buffalo returned the cats' aggression in more than three-quarters of the hunts we observed during two years at Duba, sometimes fatally injuring the lionesses.
		The buffalo are capable of fleeing the island, especially during the dry season, when the surrounding rivers are fordable.
	www.nationalgeographic.com /ngm/0609/feature4/index.html (275 words)

	Buffalo - Mammals - Flora and Fauna - Tourism of Botswana
		Buffalo - Mammals - Flora and Fauna - Tourism of Botswana
		The buffalo is widely distributed in the northern parts of Botswana, occurring throughout Okavango and Chobe to the northern Makgadikgadi.
		Reproduction: Buffalo are seasonal breeders with majority of calves being dropped in the wet and warm summer months.
	www.botswana-tourism.gov.bw /flora_and_fauna/buffalo.html (391 words)

	Cape Buffalo Printout- EnchantedLearning.com
		The Cape Buffalo is a large, hoofed mammal that lives on the African savanna.
		Oxpeckers are birds that often perch on the Cape Buffalo.
		Cape Buffalo drink a lot of water and also spend a lot of time wading in water to cool themselves off in hot weather.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /subjects/mammals/buffalo/Capebuffalo.shtml (284 words)

	African Wildlife Oil Painting of Cape Buffalo by South African Artist
		This wildlife painting is of the Cape Buffalo of South Africa.
		Buffalo are fairly safe from all predators including Lions, because of both the size of the individuals, and the large numbers of the herd.
		The wildlife painting is a confrontational close up of the Cape Buffalo and the use of color emphasizes the beauty of the beast belying the power of this big and powerful animal.
	www.arcyart.com /buffalopainting.htm (289 words)

	Infection-Associated Decline of Cape Buffalo Blood Catalase Augments Serum Trypanocidal Activity -- Wang et al. 67 (6): ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Cape buffalo were bred and raised in a tsetse- and trypanosome-free environment at the Wildlife Disease Section of the Kenyan
		Cape buffalo sera kill all species of African trypanosomes in vitro (28).
		Cape buffalo sera was accompanied by a diminished capacity to
	iai.asm.org /cgi/content/full/67/6/2797 (3825 words)

	Cape Buffalo Printout- EnchantedLearning.com
		The Cape Buffalo is a large, hoofed mammal that lives on the African savanna.
		Oxpeckers are birds that often perch on the Cape Buffalo.
		Anatomy: The Cape Buffalo is about 4 to 6 ft (1.2-1.8 m) tall at the shoulder and 8 to 11 feet (2.4-3.4 m) long.
	www.zoomschool.com /subjects/mammals/buffalo/Capebuffalo.shtml (284 words)

	NitroExpress.com Cape Buffalo
		The Cape Buffalo "Syncerus caffer" is distributed widely throughout Africa and there are several sub-species including the dwarf buffalo which ranges from Western Africa through Central Africa South to Angola.
		The large Cape Buffalo, weighing in at three quarters of a tonne (750 kg/ 1,700 lbs) stands 1.8 metres (6 ft) at the shoulder.
		Buffalo can be killed effectively with smaller calibres and many great hunters fed their ivory safaris on buffalo with the 6.5 Mannlicher and 7mm Mauser, but calibres up to and including the.375 need to be taken with care.
	users.bigpond.com /nitroexpress/nitroexpress/files/bigfivecapebuffalo.html (950 words)

	African Buffalo
		Cape Buffalo are usually found in the open savannah to thickly wooded country.
		Some of the reasons for this decline in numbers are hunting, both for food and for sport; the conversion of their habitat to farmland and cattle pasture; droughts; and the introduction of foreign pests and diseases, especially the cattle disease rinderpest.
		African Buffalo or Cape Buffalo cows have their first calf when they are about five years old.
	www.return2eden.org /see_animals/cape_buffalo/cape_buffalo.htm (1061 words)

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