A grizzly bear could take down a buffalo although most times they won't try to do so if they are alone.
The buffalo that is bigger than the Cape buffalo is the Water Buffalo.
The water buffalo is bigger than the cape buffalo.
The sizes can be confusing when looking at the averages for each species.
After all, the cape buffalo appears much larger at 2,000lbs, 59 inches in height, and 71 inches in length.
The water buffalo's average size is about 1,200lbs, 56 inches tall, and 108 inches long.
Cape buffalo can jump as high as 6 feet vertically and can also quickly pivot to combat any predators.
A Cape buffalo can get as old as 29.5 years although most Cape Buffalo only live around 16 years on average.
A Cape buffalo can run as fast as 35 mph and can weigh up to 1,300 lbs.
A group of Cape Buffalo are called a Herd.
Cape Buffalo are Nile Crocodiles, Hyenas and Lions.
Cape buffalo are known to protect themselves by attacking in large groups and are responsible for around 200 human deaths per year.
Cape buffalo are very intelligent and display incredible social intelligence and have a matriarchal and democratic social structure.
The amount of Cape Buffalo that are left in the wild are 400,000.
The thing that is so special about Cape Buffalo is their curved horns that add to their stature and can reach 7 feet from tip to tail.
The horns of a Cape buffalo also help you tell the age and gender of the Cape Buffalo as adult male buffalos have horns that meet in the middle of their heads and are joined by a hard shield called a boss which creates a helmet esque formation.
A Cape Buffalo's hide is 2 inches thick which protects them during battles with other male cape Buffalo's.
Cape buffalo are not domesticated because they are very unpredictable and are highly dangerous to humans.
The biggest Cape buffalo is a Cape buffalo that weight 2,794 lbs which is over a ton and makes it the heaviest Cape buffalo ever.
The biggest Cape buffalo was shot in the Selous Game Reserve in southern Tanzania Africa.
You can shoot a Cape Buffalo although you would likely need to shoot the Cape Buffalo at least 7 times or more to kill it and you need a very powerful shotgun as well.
Cape Buffalo are hard to hunt and also one of the toughest animals to kill.
It takes on average of 7 to 10 shots or more to kill a Cape Buffalo.
Hunting Cape buffalo cows is challenging, as they are usually in herds with calves and are very alert.
Singling out an older cow without a calf can be tricky.
A Cape buffalo is worth as much as $12.2 million dollars.
The Cape Buffalo is worth so much because of their massive horn span and also their extraordinary genes that the posses.
Horizon the Buffalo. Africa's biggest-horned and disease-free buffalo was valued at a record amount after South Africa-based businessman Peter Bellingham bought a 25 percent share for 44 million rand ($2.8 million).
Breeders in South Africa, the biggest market for such animals, are willing to pay record prices for the genes of buffaloes they believe can increase their herd's horn span, which is desirable to hunters.
African Buffaloes are the only cattle that cannot be domesticated.
They are even seen of doing “voting” before moving to any particular direction which is quite unusual in wildlife.
African buffalo are considered “near threatened” by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, which determines the conservation listings for species, because its numbers have been decreasing.
There are about 400,000 adult buffalo in Africa, according to the IUCN.
The Cape buffalo is still just as tough as it's always been since the days of Ruark and Capstick.
But today, the hunter is better: armed, loaded and skilled with even better knowledge of ballistics, coefficients and shot placement.
Yet that still doesn't stop the hunt from going sideways and south sometimes.
Natural predators of adult African buffaloes include lions, hyenas, and Nile crocodiles.
As one of the Big Five game animals, the Cape buffalo is a sought-after trophy in hunting.
The main physical difference between bison and buffalo is that bison are larger, heavier, and have bigger heads than buffalo.
Bison also have a large shoulder hump and a shaggy fur coat that grows thick in the winter, especially around their head and neck.
Cape buffalo can race up to 40 mph, jump up to 6 feet vertically, and can quickly pivot to combat predators.
The most profound differences between a cape buffalo and a water buffalo include the area of the world they inhabit, their size, and their domestication.
Owing to its unpredictable nature, which makes it highly dangerous to humans, the African buffalo has never been domesticated, unlike its Asian counterpart, the water buffalo. Other than humans, African Cape buffaloes have few predators aside from lions and large crocodiles, and are capable of defending themselves.
The African buffalo is a large sub-Saharan African bovine.
There are five subspecies that are recognized as being valid.
Syncerus caffer caffer, the Cape buffalo, is the nominotypical subspecies, and the largest one, found in Southern and East Africa.
Cape Buffalo are the wild Buffalo seen when on safari to southern and East Africa whereas the Water Buffalo are domesticated animals seen along the Nile and in Asia.
Although looking similar they are different species.