Rare White Buffalo Seen In Tarangire National Park

[Hoas]

Rare white buffalo seen in Tarangire National Park

A rare white buffalo has been sighted in Tarangire National Park attracting hundreds who were eager to catch a glimpse of the animal for the first time in life.

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A rare white buffalo has been sighted in Tarangire National Park attracting hundreds who were eager to catch a glimpse of the animal for the first time in life.

The buffalo was spotted on Monday in the park, in an area where animals gather to drink water and causing many tourists who were in the reserve to start following him but also started attracting researchers to the area.

The buffalo was bigger than the rest of the herd and was seen mixing freely with the rest of the herd, most of the time standing in the middle.

From the look of things the white buffalo has been part of the herd for a very long time given the kind of association it had with the others with some observers saying it could have been born in the peripheries of the park.

White buffalos are rare, according to conservationists, just one out of every 10 million buffalo born are white and they are also considered sacred amongst certain communities.

 

[browningbbr]

OK, that's just plain cool! Thanks for posting.

 

[Jörg Krüger]

Imagine the trophy fee on that one, lol

 

[shotgungibbs]

That is really something! Thank you for sharing.

 

[Safari Dave]

Maybe Ted Nugent will hunt it.

 

[spike.t]

Got sent these...not sure if all are in the article or not..

 

[R.M.C.]

I'd shoot that lol. Looks kinda like the pie bald deer I killed. Thanks for sharing!!

 

[RTG]

Very cool!

 

[norfolk shooter]

I would leave him. Kinda cool to see and I would always wonder is his calf's would then be kinda golden?

 

[Zambezi]

I'd wait until he's out of the breeding age, a great mature dagga boy. By that time you'll know if he passed on his white gene.

THAT would make a great mount that would be... one in ten million!

ps... trophy fee should be less than normal as he'll be easier to spot in dense shadow.

 

[Firebird]

Interesting that he got to that age without getting noticed earlier-or maybe he did and we were just slow to know about it. Also interesting that predators never singled him out and ate him-Buffalo, the other white meat! Imagine the roar from non hunters if he were to be killed outside the park!

 

[Tokoloshe Safaris]

Very interesting, i would love to know more about this buff. Anyone that thinks this is the first that this buff was seen does not know africa.

 

[PARA45]

I'm surprised he was not kicked out of the herd for being different.

 

[RTG]

I'm surprised he was not kicked out of the herd for being different.

Maybe 'marginalized groups' of humans can find their utopia by living in herds of inclusive Cape Buffalo? I would pay to send the first full flight. With so many Americans hating America. We should have plenty of volunteers.

 

[CJW]

I'm surprised he was not kicked out of the herd for being different.

We have many white deer around here and have for years. I have yet to see one being singled out by the others.

 

[Jörg Krüger]

I'm surprised he was not kicked out of the herd for being different.

 

[404Jeffry]

Maybe A Mulatto

 

[Zambezi]

Bovines, including buffalo, have very poor colour perception so colour does not play an important role unlike primates etc.

I'm surprised he was not kicked out of the herd for being different.

 

[grand veneur]

In Asia white buffalos don't seem to be rare. I shot this one years ago in Malaysia.

 

[Wishfulthinker580]

In Asia white buffalos don't seem to be rare. I shot this one years ago in Malaysia.


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Very interesting! I’d love to hear the whole story behind your buffalo and what hunting in Malaysia was like