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Albino Cape Buffalo
|| Tarangire || Aug 2022
We were on a game drive in Tarangire national park, when we spotted a heard of Cape buffalos, there was something white in colour amidst the grazing heard, we soon realised that it was an Albino Cape Buffalo, a rarity. Albinism is very rare in animals and occurs in one out of 20, 000 to 1 million animals. Its lighter colour make it a more noticeable target for predators. We observed this natures marvel for a while and left after sometime hoping that this creature survives the harsh wild.
The African buffalo is a large sub-Saharan African bovine. "Syncerus caffer caffer", the Cape buffalo, is the typical subspecies, and the largest one, found in Southern and East Africa. "S. c. nanus" is the smallest subspecies, common in forest areas of Central and West Africa, while "S. c. brachyceros" is in West Africa and "S. c. aequinoctialis" is in the savannas of East Africa.
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