Buffalo: The Big 5 and other wild animals

An introduction to the buffalo, one of the Big Five wild animals. This book looks at the buffalo’s family life and daily activities, its physical characteristics, buffalo babies and more.

The book was written by a qualified South African Nature Conservationist and gives details on the following: quick facts; meet the buffalo; males and females; what they eat; how they drink water; family life in herds and clans; leadership; fighting; how they find their way; what happens to old buffalo bulls; buffalo senses; beating the heat; protecting the herd; flehmen; baby buffalo; buffalo and birds.

This book contains a Glossary and an Index. 

The Big 5 and other wild animals series is a set of 10 books about wild animals, including the Big Five, which are the lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo and rhino. Each book looks at the animal’s family life, territory, daily activities and physical characteristics. All the books discuss conservation.

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