Meet Africa's BLACK DEATH!

The Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer) is one of Africa's Big Five. African Buffalo are also known as "Black Death" because of their reputation of being very dangerous. They kill over 200 people a year. They are distributed from the high elevated forest to the open grasslands. They prefer to remain close to water sources as droughts have a devastating effect on their populations. Large herds use safety in numbers, as seen in the famous Battle at Kruger video here on You Tube. Males will also form smaller groups and protect the herds as they travel on the outskirts. Buffalo are hunted by trophy hunters due to their size and are taken by prides of lions. By allowing trophy hunting of the larger males, some argue it weakens the species as seen in recent reports regarding hunted wildlife. African buffalo populations are doing ok, but all wildlife need constant protection in order to keep on surviving for future generations. Sometimes they are confused with the slightly larger and endangered water buffalo from Asia. Cape Buffalo are members of the Bovidae family which includes domestic cattle. For more info: http://www.awf.org/content/wildlife/detail/buffalo Buffalos filmed at Lewa Wildlife Conservancy http://www.lewa.org And in the Masai Mara. Thanks for reading.