Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Animals

water buffalo

  • a member of the cattle tribe, of swampy regions of S Asia, having widely spreading back-curving horns. Domesticated forms are used as draught animals Also called Asiatic buffalo Indian buffalo carabao
  • also in parts of zimbabwe they are called the cape buffalo
  • the height of one of these water buffalos is 5 to 6.2 feet standing up
  • the water buffalo spends most of its day in submerged in muddy water
  • this animal has been domesticated for about 5,000 years

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