5007 x 3333 px | 42,4 x 28,2 cm | 16,7 x 11,1 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
9 novembre 2005
Ubicazione:
Marwell Zoological Park Colden Common Winchester Hants SO21 1JH England United Kingdom Great Britain
Altre informazioni:
A young congo buffalo nuzzles up to an older protective friend at Marwell Zoo Hampshire England taken 09 November 2005. The Congo buffalo is reddish brown with wide droopy ears. They grow up to 1.3 metres tall and 320 kilograms. They live in the lowland tropical rainforests of Africa and are at relatively low level of risk of extinction but are experiencing illegal hunting and lost habitat. They are found in small herds of typically 8 to 20. Their horns are swept back avoid getting entangled in the bush of the rainforest where they live. They eat grass and some low level leaves of trees feeding at night or very early and late using their well adapted long tongue. They can run at up to 35 miles per hour about 55 Kilometres per hour. Marwell Zoo feed them on oats, hay, flaked maize, and special custom nuts, grass and vegetation.
