Hooded Vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus), at the carcass of a Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer) Savuti, Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

Hooded Vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus), at the carcass of a Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer) Savuti, Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

Red-billed Oxpecker (Buphagus erythrorhynchus), on the back of a Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer), Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer), two bulls on the left and one cow swimming through the Chobe River, Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer), bull with both a Yellow-billed Oxpecker (Buphagus africanus) on the left and a Red-billed Oxpecker (Buphagus erythrorhynchus), Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

Black-backed Jackal (Canis mesomelas) and Hooded Vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus) at the carcass of a Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer), Savuti, Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer), close-up of a bull, Okavango Delta, Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana, Africa

Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer), close-up of a bull, Okavango Delta, Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana, Africa

Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer), bull with Yellow-billed Oxpecker (Buphagus africanus), the oxpeckers are associated with large mammals and peck ticks and other parasites from their skin, Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

Lion (Panthera leo), females and subadult cubs feeding on a Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer), next to a tourist vehicle on safari, Savuti, Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

Black-backed Jackal (Canis mesomelas), at the carcass of a Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer), in the background some White-backed Vultures (Gyps africanus), Savuti, Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

Hooded Vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus) with pink head and White-backed Vultures (Gyps africanus), at the carcass of a Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer), Savuti, Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

"Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) with two Red-billed Oxpecker (Buphagus erythrorhynchus) on head and back, Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa"

"Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer), after a mud bath, Addo Elephant National Park, Eastern Cape, South Africa, Africa"

African buffalo or Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer), pair in the mud, Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa

Old african buffalo, cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer), in the mud, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Narok County, Kenya, Africa

"Old Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) with a blind eye and lost horn drinking in the river, four Red-billed Oxpecker (Buphagus erythrorhynchus) on its body, Chobe National Park, Chobe River, Botswana, Africa"

Old african buffalo, cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer), lying in the grass, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Narok County, Kenya, Africa

Buffalo or Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer), standing on a meadow, back covered with dry mud, Addo Elephant National Park, Eastern Cape, South Africa, Africa

African buffalo (Syncerus caffer), bull feeding on leaves, Red-billed oxpecker (Buphagus erythrorhynchus) on buffalo's face, Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa

Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer), bull enjoying a mud hole, Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa