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Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer) - 20170202-15
Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer) - 20170202-15

The Cape Buffalo is the largest sub-species of the African Buffalo. The adult African buffalo's horns are its characteristic feature: they have fused bases, forming a continuous bone shield across the top of the head referred to as a "boss". It is widely regarded as one of the most dangerous animals on the African continent, and according to some estimates it gores, tramples, and kills over 200 people every year.

The African Buffalo is not an ancestor of domestic cattle and is only distantly related to other larger bovines. Its unpredictable temperament may have been part of the reason that the African buffalo has never been domesticated, unlike its Asian counterpart, the water buffalo. Natural predators of adult African buffaloes include lions, hyenas, large crocodiles and humans. (Wikipedia)

The Yellow-billed Oxpecker sitting on the buffalo's head is a bulbul-sized olive-brown bird that sports a diagnostic red-tipped yellow bill, a red eye without an eye-wattle, and a pale buff rump. Small groups occur in savanna and farmland, where they require large wild ungulates and domestic stock to forage on; they clamber agilely over host mammals, gleaning ticks, mites and other ectoparasites, and occasionally drinking host blood. As they fly between large mammals, they give a distinctive sizzling-crackle call. (eBird)

Queen Elizabeth II National Park, Uganda. February 2017.

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Taken on: February 2, 2017
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Camera: Canon EOS 70D, f/8.0, 1/500 sec, 400mm, ISO 500 (more info) (hide info)
Camera: Canon EOS 70D
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Aperture: f/8.0
Exposure Time: 0.002 sec (1/500)
Focal Length: 400mm
ISO: 500
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program: Manual
Exposure Mode: Manual
Metering Mode: Partial
White Balance: Auto
Color Space: Uncalibrated
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Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer) - 20170202-15

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