An African Safari blog which features news on leopards, lions, elephants, our camps as well as the rest of the Big 5 on Londolozi Game Reserve, bordering the Kruger National Park.

While on safari just west of Kruger National Park on 10 November 2019 our vehicle came upon a herd of African Water Buffalos. This adult male only gave us a passing glance as he fed on the local grasses of the savannah. Shot with a Nikon D7100, Tamron 18-400 mm lens, 250mm focal length, 1/1250 sec exposure, f/10, ISO 2800.

Asiatic Water Buffalo

Water Buffalo

These showed up in my backyard the other day. Should I be concerned? Explore #105 July 29, 2007

Burak Arik: Photography & Travel Inspiration // Photo: Buffalo

Scientists at CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad, who have been studying the genomes of water buffaloes and domestic buffaloes for over a decade have found that parts of genomes of both these species have evolved similarly in response to domestication.