From Today's Walkabout

[madshutterbug]

Houdini and I took a walk along the fence line over on the Cow Pasture looking for downed branches. What with the wet weather experienced this week, it's a good possibility. After all, while out feeding the Ranch this morning we heard a branch fall over on our neighbor Miss P's side of the fence. We did not find any branches across the fence. This is probably a good thing, because we did find




In case you are wondering, those are Asian Water Buffalo. Our other neighbor, Doc P, he raises them. We gave them a wide berth, and still kept an eye on them because they mostly consider fences as suggestions. Sometimes as not particularly important suggestions.

Comments

[firesmithsghost.livejournal.com]

You 're going to need a bigger gun.

[tassie-gal.livejournal.com]

There is a reason buffalo is one of the big 5 in Africa.

[ziactrice.livejournal.com]

I've heard a pissed-off water buffalo will commence hunting the human who was foolish enough to provoke it. Mmmmm... not gonna even look at one cross-wise, me.

[batwrangler.livejournal.com]

There's a really impressive scene in a nature show of a water buffalo taking on ELEPHANTS to save her calf. I wouldn't mess with them.

[nonwo.livejournal.com]

Wow those are beautiful. And apparently scary (?) and probably quite tasty.