An adult Cape buffalo can weigh between 600 and 2,000 pounds (270 and 907 kilograms) and stand between 4 and 5.6 feet (1.2 and 1.7 meters) tall at the shoulder.

In 2018, a South African big game hunter was gored to death when a buffalo blindsided after he shot and killed another member of the herd. Two other professional hunters were killed by Cape ...