An untameable and ruthless animal having horns, which are immense (huge) and over
1 meter wide, is the description of the Cape Buffalo.
The approximate weight of an adult Cape Buffalo is 700Kg and in case of carnivores like lions and even man, it can steadily defend itself. Habitat less is a big threat to the population of the Cape Buffalo.
Of the African bovines, the Cape Buffalo is the largest, having a pair of horns which are very dangerous.

If disturbed, the Cape Buffalo can mean to be very aggressive, though in most cases, it is a very placid animal.
Cape Buffalo herds use their large curving horns in a venture to fight off such predators as lions and as well, form protective rings around their offsprings in a venture to safe guard them.

All around the Kenyan national parks can you sight the Cape Buffalo with Kenya wild life.

Syncerus caffer is the Cape Buffalo’s Zoological name.

Range: Forested areas of Eastern and Southern Africa and savannah are the places where
the Cape Buffalo is normally located.

Estimated Population: In approximation, 500,000 Cape Buffalos are in existance in the
wild.

Physical Appearance: You can easily mistake Cape Buffalo for Big Black Cows, though
their shoulders together with their haunches are powerfully muscled. Their horns, rising from the tops of their heads and sweeping down wards and side ways before they curl up again, are enormously curved.
In terms of weight, adult males are sometimes over 700Kg, with their horns spanning a meter.

Habitat: Next to water sources, no matter where they are situated, whether in forested
areas or in the savannah, is where the Cape Buffalo prefers spending it’s life. However, for wallowing, swampy and open pastureland areas are the most preferred.

Diet: Great quantities of greenery are highly are highly eaten by the Cape Buffalo since
they are herbivores. Grass and leaves are the main food to the Cape Buffaloes,
which in a venture to avoid the heat of the day, usually eat at night.

Behaviour: Females great in number, males and their young ones constitute the herds in
which Cape Buffaloes live.
From hundred Cape Buffaloes to larger seasonal congregations of thousands, is the
range within which Buffalo herds fall.
Male Buffaloes usually divide themselves is such a way that young males stay in one bachelor herd, while adult ones live in a neither. Mooing and Bellowing are the techniques applied by Cape Buffalo members of the herd to communicate to one another.

Status: National Parks situated in the Eastern and Southern regions of Africa contain most of the stabilized populations of Cape Buffaloes, because they are in conflict with human habitation while in areas other than these. Also, such diseases like Rinderpest, are a threat to their lives.