Buffalo have a special process called rumination where they regurgitate partially digested food (cud) and chew it again!
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Buffalo move constantly while grazing, which prevents overgrazing in any one area!
Water buffalo can use their horns to dig up underwater plants in shallow water!
Buffalo can survive on lower quality vegetation during dry seasons when better food is scarce!
Buffalo prefer to graze during the cooler hours of early morning and late afternoon!
Buffalo have four-chambered stomachs that help them extract maximum nutrition from plants!
Buffalo calves begin nibbling grass when they are just a few days old!
Domestic water buffalo convert plant material that humans can’t digest into nutritious milk very efficiently!
African buffalo can eat coarse grasses that are too tough for other grazers, helping maintain ecosystem balance!
Conservation & Population
There are approximately 900,000 African buffalo remaining in the wild today!
The African buffalo is listed as “Near Threatened” on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species!
Wild water buffalo are listed as “Endangered” with fewer than 4,000 remaining in the wild!
There are over 200 million domesticated water buffalo in the world, mostly in Asia!
Several protected areas in Africa like Serengeti National Park and Kruger National Park have healthy buffalo populations!
Buffalo face threats from habitat loss, hunting, and diseases spread from domestic cattle!
African buffalo are sometimes hunted as trophies, which helps fund conservation efforts when properly managed!
