| African Buffalo | |
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| Details | |
| Latin name: | Syncerus caffer |
| Temperament: | Irascible Threat |
| Habitat(s): | Woodland, Savanna |
| Item(s) | |
•  Mammal Meat•  Hard Bone
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The African Buffalo is a wildlife item and an irascible threat animal.
Behavior
The 
African Buffalo can be found in the 
Woodland and 
Savanna biomes.
Hyenas hunt a buffalo.
In-game model of African Buffalo
Combat
The African Buffalo is a large animal that appears to be sedately grazing, sometimes alone but more often than not in a small group of buffalos. Don't let this fool you! Care should be taken if you decide to engage in combat with one of these animals. The Buffalo uses their size to cause blunt force trauma and can inflict 
Injury. Being a large animal, it isn't as easy to 
intimidate as other smaller animals but it is possible while holding weapons or with a group of hominids.
If you do decide to attack, use the best weapons you can acquire. It is recommended to use 
Sharpened Sticks first, 
Sticks next, and as a last resort rocks or hard tools. The more damage you can do from a distance, the better. It will take multiple strikes to take down this large animal.
Carcass
The 
African Buffalo Carcass provides Mammal Meat and Hard Bone when it is 
butchered. The carcass can be butchered three times. To butcher a carcass more than once, all the items dropped from the previous butchering must be picked up.
Interactions With Other Animals
When different animals get in close proximity to each other, they can attack and kill each other. Animals can fight each other on their own or you can cause them to move nearer to each other to initiate combat. Some of these methods are intimidation to scare them towards another animal, have them chase you and you run past another animal, or perform a dodge and the animal runs towards another animal.
When animals fight each other, a cut-scene will play showing one animal attacking and killing the other. There are a large number of Evolution Feats that deal specifically with trying to cause animals to fight and kill each other.
The African Buffalo is a formidable albeit sedate foe. The buffalo doesn't seek out combat but due to its size, it can hold its own against most animals it interacts with.
Can Kill
The African Buffalo doesn't go after other animals. It may fend off an attack from another animal and kill that animal but doesn't seek out combat.
Can Be Killed By
The African Buffalo can be killed by a number of animals.
- Made the
Hyena kill the African Buffalo - Astute Dominator of the Hyena - Made a Machairodus kill the African Buffalo - Astute Dominator of the Machairodus
- Made the Miocene Elephant kill the African Buffalo - Astute Dominator of the Elephant
- Made the Miocene White Rhinoceros kill the African Buffalo - Astute Dominator of the Rhinoceros
- Made the Thorbjarnarson's Crocodile kill the African Buffalo - Astute Dominator of the Crocodile
