Watch as brave Cape buffalo protect their calves from a hungry group of hyenas. The hyenas close in, but the buffalo stand strong.

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.

African buffalo roam by the thousands in sub-Saharan Africa. Cape buffalo, one of four distinct subspecies of the African buffalo, are the most common. They’re distinguished by coloring ...