Reporting Date: 26th November 2011

It takes a buffalo bull quite a number of years to fight his way up to the top leadership of a breeding herd. The defeated bulls would leave the herd and either become solitary or join other males in a chosen area. It is this type of buffaloes that are usually furious and would  be ready to battle anyone that they come across for revenge. Today, ranger Godson was on a late afternoon game drive when they came across a large herd of buffaloes that included males, females and their young. What caught their attention was the sight of two bulls fighting on the edge of the big herd. They were hitting each other with their horns so herd  while pushing and pulling too. The sound of the impact could be heard at some distance of about two hundred meters  away . Occasionally, one would be pushed for about 20 meters backwards  then stops  for a while  to gain more energy thereafter the pusher would in turn be driven away. Finally one became submissive by holding his head under the belly of the winner. Once this happened the fighting stopped.

NB: * = Same animals seen by different rangers