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<blockquote data-quote="inyati13" data-source="post: 1015460" data-attributes="member: 17767"><p>There were cattle and Cape Buffalo together in Africa before Columbus discovered North America so you have your answer. Cape Buffalo cannot be crossed with the other cattle species. Cattle have 60 chromosomes; <em>Syncerus caffer</em> has 52. It is one thing to cross closely related species but when the chromosome number gets too different, the species are too far removed from each other on the evolutionary tree to cross. That is my understanding on the Cape Buffalo.</p><p></p><p>"When the calf grows horns, you will fear him, Zimbaba." I love that quota from the Shaka Zulu movie. Zimbaba is the Matabele word for father or chief. Shaka was a Zulu but his rein was in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. That fracture of the Zulu tribe became the seed for the Matabele. BTW, I go by inyati13. Inyati is the Matabele word for none other than, Cape Buffalo.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="inyati13, post: 1015460, member: 17767"] There were cattle and Cape Buffalo together in Africa before Columbus discovered North America so you have your answer. Cape Buffalo cannot be crossed with the other cattle species. Cattle have 60 chromosomes; [i]Syncerus caffer[/i] has 52. It is one thing to cross closely related species but when the chromosome number gets too different, the species are too far removed from each other on the evolutionary tree to cross. That is my understanding on the Cape Buffalo. "When the calf grows horns, you will fear him, Zimbaba." I love that quota from the Shaka Zulu movie. Zimbaba is the Matabele word for father or chief. Shaka was a Zulu but his rein was in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. That fracture of the Zulu tribe became the seed for the Matabele. BTW, I go by inyati13. Inyati is the Matabele word for none other than, Cape Buffalo. [/QUOTE]
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