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.