Interesting facts about buffalo Is a great opportunity to learn more about large animals. In many countries, they are very popular in the household. First of all, they are kept for the sake of obtaining milk and meat.
We bring to your attention the most interesting facts about buffaloes.
- The closest relatives of buffaloes are considered to be American bison.
- In the wild, buffaloes only live in Asia, Australia and Africa.
- In one of the parks in the Philippines, there are several hundred tamarau - Filipino buffaloes that live only here and nowhere else. Today their population is on the verge of extinction.
- The Maasai people, who do not recognize the meat of most wild animals, make an exception for the buffalo, considering it a relative of the domestic cow.
- The weight of an adult male exceeds one ton, with a body length of up to 3 m and a height at the withers of up to 2 m.
- An interesting fact is that man has managed to domesticate only the Asian buffalo, while the Australian one still lives exclusively in the wild.
- Some females also have horns that are much smaller than males.
- Back in the mid-20th century, wild Asian buffaloes lived in Malaysia, but today they have completely disappeared.
- Anoa or dwarf buffalo are found only on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. Anoa's body length is 160 cm, its height is 80 cm, and its weight is about 300 kg.
- Did you know that in some countries in Africa, buffaloes kill more people than any predator, with the exception of crocodiles (see interesting facts about crocodiles)?
- Buffaloes have poor eyesight, but they have a keen sense of smell.
- There are many known cases when buffaloes pretended to be dead. When an inexperienced hunter approached them, they jumped up and attacked him.
- At short distances, buffaloes are able to run at a speed of 50 km / h.
- About 70% of the diet of wild Asian buffaloes is aquatic vegetation.
- Throughout the hot part of the day, buffaloes lie head-to-head in liquid mud.
- The total length of the horns of an adult male sometimes exceeds 2.5 m. It should be noted that with one wave of the head, the buffalo is able to rip a person from the abdomen to the neck.
- Animals can stand on their own in less than half an hour after birth.
