Cape buffalo may look like ordinary grazing animals, but when lions attack, the entire predator-prey relationship can reverse.

These massive African bovids can bunch together, protect calves, confront predators, chase lions, and sometimes return toward herd members that have been seized. Their strength comes not only from huge horns and body mass, but from the power of the herd itself.

In this documentary, we explore how Cape buffalo defend themselves, why lions must hunt them carefully, how their famous horn boss develops, what “dagga boys” are, how buffalo shape African ecosystems, and why this seemingly familiar grass-eater earned a place among Africa’s legendary Big Five.

Prey? Not quite.

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