Asian Water Buffalo is a photograph by Miroslava Jurcik which was uploaded on October 11th, 2014.
Asian Water Buffalo
Wild water buffalo travel in single-file, with an adult female in the lead, calves in the middle, and the remaining adults bringing up the rear.... more
Title
Asian Water Buffalo
Artist
Miroslava Jurcik
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Photograph
Description
Wild water buffalo travel in single-file, with an adult female in the lead, calves in the middle, and the remaining adults bringing up the rear. Buffalo are extremely protective of their young and females will form a protective line in front of the calves when threatened. If the threat persists, they flee into tall grass or forest and not (despite being strong swimmers) into water. The horns extend sideways from the skull and curve backwards; in Indian buffalo, the horns often curve in a semicircle, while in buffalo from Thailand and Cambodia the horns spread much more to the side with minimal inward curvature at the tips. Horns of males are thicker, but often shorter, than those of females. This guy is from Dubbo Zoo
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October 11th, 2014