Cape buffalo

Cape buffalo (also known as buffalo) are a species of animal native to the Pride Lands. They feed on grass.
==History==
===Simba's presentation===
Cape buffalo attended the presentation of Simba, the prince heir of Pride Rock.
===Famine===
Under Scar's reign, the Pride Lands suffered a famine, and the cape buffalo fled the kingdom. Once Simba deposed Scar and became the new king, they returned to the Pride Lands.
===Kiara's presentation===
Cape buffalo attended the presentation of Kiara, the princess heir of Pride Rock.
===Flood at Lake Kiziwa===
When Lake Kiziwa flooded, Kion implored several cape buffalo to follow him to safety. In following Kion, the cape buffalo ran into a dead-end canyon, and Kion was forced to use the Roar of the Elders to divert the floodwaters. Later, a cape buffalo enjoyed a new water hole that had been created by the flood.
===Kupatana===
Several Pride Landers, including two cape buffalo, had their food stolen by Reirei's pack.
Later, several cape buffalo attended the Kupatana celebration. In the midst of the ceremony, Reirei's pack attacked, and the Pride Landers worked together to defeat them. Once the jackals had been driven away, the Kupatana celebration continued, and the Pride Landers feasted on baobab blossoms.
===Mudslide===
One day, a herd of cape buffalo fled a mudslide, and the Lion Guard guided them to dry ground. In trying to flee the mudslide, a cape buffalo got stuck in the mud and fell behind the rest of its herd. Per Kion's instructions, Beshte and Bunga doubled back and pulled the straggler free. Ono then reported to Kion that the cape buffalo were safe.
===Geyser eruption===
When a herd of cape buffalo wandered away from their usual grazing grounds, the Lion Guard searched for them and found them grazing near a geyser. Though the team attempted to warn the cape buffalo about the situation, the geyser erupted, and the cape buffalo stampeded away in a panic. However, Fuli managed to calm them down.
===Royal Buffalo Wallow===
One day, Simba and Nala charged Kiara with presiding over the Royal Buffalo Wallow on her own. Due to a flash flood, Kiara got disheveled and muddy, and did not have time to clean up before the ceremony. To her surprise, when it came time for the Wallow, Vuruga Vuruga complimented her on her appearance and remarked that she clearly understood what the Wallow was all about. Kiara accepted Vuruga Vuruga's praise but credited her friends, Tiifu and Zuri, with always encouraging her to look her best. She then announced the start of the Wallow, and Vuruga Vuruga's herd charged into a nearby mudhole and wallowed in the mud.
===Savannah Summit===
Simba invited Vuruga Vuruga to the Savannah Summit as the cape buffalo representative. The morning of the Summit, Vuruga Vuruga and the other Pride Lander leaders gathered at Pride Rock and convened with Simba. Upon learning that Makuu had been invited as well, Vuruga Vuruga and Twiga complained to one another that he was getting a second chance after everything that he and his crocodiles had done. Sensing the other leaders' distrust of Makuu, Simba encouraged them to be cooperative and fair-minded.
As the Summit continued, Vuruga Vuruga and Twiga conspired to lead Makuu into a trap. Together, they dug a pit and filled it with rotten fruit. Before Makuu could spring the trap, however, the Lion Guard saved him. Kion then announced to the Summit that Makuu had lost his life in the trap, which caused Vuruga Vuruga and Twiga to come clean about their plot. At that moment, Makuu revealed himself and asserted that he had joined the Summit in the hopes of helping his float and the Pride Lands but had received only hostility in return. To the gathered animals' surprise, he prompted for the Summit to go on.
With negotiations re-engaged, Vuruga Vuruga began to argue with Bupu over whose territory would shelter the crocodiles during the dry season.
===Tsetse fly attack===
A herd of cape buffalo fled a swarm of tsetse flies. The Lion Guard promptly guided the herd to a body of water, and the tsetse flies flew away.
===Elephant stampede===
During the Ukumbusho ceremony, a swarm of bees attacked Ma Tembo's herd, and they stampeded across the Pride Lands. Upon noticing that Vuruga Vuruga's herd was in the path of the stampede, Kion ordered Fuli to warn the cape buffalo about the situation. She arrived at the scene, fully costumed, and attempted to move the cape buffalo, but Vuruga Vuruga refused, as their herd was grazing at one of the few grazing grounds left and because she did not recognize Fuli. Seeing no other option, Fuli threatened to eat the cape buffalo, and they fled in fear.
===Water dispute===
When the water holes in the Pride Lands began to shrink as a result of the dry season, Vuruga Vuruga's and Twiga's herds argued over whose turn it was to drink. Kion urged the herds to stay calm and asserted that Simba had a plan. Eventually, the Lion Guard managed to convince Dhahabu to share her watering hole with the Pride Landers.
===Stampede===
Ono noticed a herd of cape buffalo heading toward Makuu and his float, and Makuu ordered his crocodiles to reach higher ground. Though the float escaped to safety, the cape buffalo stampede caused a rock to fall and injure Makuu. Once the cape buffalo had passed, Kion sent Fuli and Ono to calm them down.
===Destruction of Nyani Grove===
When Shujaa cut a path through Nyani Grove, he scared several baboons, who jumped onto some nearby cape buffalo. Kion then ordered Beshte and Fuli to calm the cape buffalo down.
===Kovu's exile===
When Simba exiled Kovu from the Pride Lands, the cape buffalo helped drive him away from Pride Rock.
===Battle of the Lion Guards===
Cape buffalo attended the announcement of the Battle of the Lion Guards at Mizimu Grove.
==Physical characteristics==
Cape buffalo are large, muscular, four-legged animals. They can have black, brown, gray, or pink pelts. Cape buffalo have several distinctions, including humps on their backs and thick, curved horns. They can have black, brown, or green eyes.
==Sociocultural characteristics==
Cape buffalo live in the Pride Lands. They enjoy wallowing in the mud and even have a ceremony, the Royal Buffalo Wallow, dedicated to the activity. They feed on grass.
==Notable cape buffalo==
* Vuruga Vuruga
==Appearances==
==References==
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