With mercury rising to 38°C and with too little left by grazing during this prolonged drought in the Kruger national park, we watched with interest two grizzled old Cape buffalo bulls (frequently called a dagga boy in South Africa) painted bulls that have been kicked off from the herd to fend for themselves lumbering slowly across the vel tubd into the unnominally-almost empty Matjulu waterhole.
With the mercury rising to 38°C and with so little left by way of grazing during this prolonged drought in the Kruger National Park, we watched with interest as two grizzled old Cape buffalo bulls (frequently referred to as dagga boys in South Africa – old bulls that have been kicked out of the herd to fend for themselves) lumbered slowly across the bare veld to the almost empty Matjulu waterhole.