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One ton of muscle & testosterone - the Cape Buffalo (lat. "Syncerus Caffer"). You may rest assured he has been nicknamed "Black Death" for good reason - or have you ever heard about another Herbivore that ambushes or hunts down its supposed predators ? <br /> <br />The Cape Buffalo does. Buffaloes that caught the scent of their mortal enemy have been known to proactively track down and attack lions resting unawares in the bush; wounded buffaloes often head downwind for the densest undergrowth where they lie in ambush for their pursuers. No other African animal, not even the lion or elephant, has killed as many big game hunters as Syncerus Caffer. In terms of sheer ferociousness, the Cape Buffalo simply doesn`t have an equal. While hunting the buffalo is dangerous business for most lions, the latters` hunting success is a matter of practice - prides who hunt buffaloes on a regular basis, tend to do so without suffering casualties. There is a well-documented case of such a pride who used to share their territory on a peninsula in some East African lake with a herd of several hundred Cape Buffaloes. With such a food source readily available, the lions no longer bothered hunting other animals, and their hunting skills had become so refined and effective that the buffaloes, facing extinction at the claws of their feline arch-enemies, were left no choice but to abandon the peninsula for the mainland.
One ton of muscle & testosterone - the Cape Buffalo (lat. "Syncerus Caffer"). You may rest assured he has been nicknamed "Black Death" for good reason - or have you ever heard about another Herbivore that ambushes or hunts down its supposed predators ? <br /> <br />The Cape Buffalo does. Buffaloes that caught the scent of their mortal enemy have been known to proactively track down and attack lions resting unawares in the bush; wounded buffaloes often head downwind for the densest undergrowth where they lie in ambush for their pursuers. No other African animal, not even the lion or elephant, has killed as many big game hunters as Syncerus Caffer. In terms of sheer ferociousness, the Cape Buffalo simply doesn`t have an equal. While hunting the buffalo is dangerous business for most lions, the latters` hunting success is a matter of practice - prides who hunt buffaloes on a regular basis, tend to do so without suffering casualties. There is a well-documented case of such a pride who used to share their territory on a peninsula in some East African lake with a herd of several hundred Cape Buffaloes. With such a food source readily available, the lions no longer bothered hunting other animals, and their hunting skills had become so refined and effective that the buffaloes, facing extinction at the claws of their feline arch-enemies, were left no choice but to abandon the peninsula for the mainland.
