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Cape Buffalo

Syncerus Caffer

Photo by RyleeHope97
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Field Notes

Description:

Like to lay in mud holes, the birds on their backs eat the fleas from their fur, have long horns.

Habitat:

African savannah near a water source.

Notes:

I saw this cape buffalo in Murchison Falls National Park in Uganda.

Reference Links:

African buffalo

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Comments (1)
KarenL
Good spot Rylee! I love to watch the tiny oxpeckers on these huge buffalo - I've even seen them getting right into their ears & nostrils to find a tasty morsel!

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