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 Asiatic Buffalo
The Asiatic Wild buffalo is the most powerful yet the most proportionate of the South
Asian bovines. It is surely one of the most magnificent animals in the world. A large bull
can weigh up to 2,000 pounds. Seals of the Indus valley civilization (2500 B.C.) depict
the wild buffalo, revealing its wide distribution across the subcontinent. Today there may
only be about 2,000 left. The main reason for its demise has been habitat loss and the
loss of wild features by interbreeding with domestic buffalo. They are known to be
fearless and dangerous -- even tigers give adults a wide berth -- and this has not helped
them.
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