I.S.M. MSIBI

2.3.1.5 lnyathi
Kulolu cwaningo siyathola ukuthi inyathi yisona silwane esicishe sifane nenkomo.
Umehluko uze ubonakale kahle uma ususeduze. Ngokombala inyathi imnyama kuyela
ngasekubeni nsundu ngokumdaka. Ngokwendalo isikhumba sayo siqothukile, uma inabo
uboya kuba uboyana nje obungengakanani. Inentamo emfishane namadlebe amakhulu.
Umzimba wenyathi uhlangene futhi ugcwele, kanti futhi uphakeme kwesingaphambili.
Izimpondo zenyathi uma ziqhuma ziqala zibheke phansi, zibheke emaceleni zibheke
phezulu bese zibuyela ngaphakathi. Inesiphongo esibanzi kakhulu.
U-Cooper nabanye (1976:217) uyichaza kanje inyathi:
Except for their horns, buffalo look like heavily built cattle.
Adult males are black or charcoal grey, females and
youngsters have a reddish tinge. The hair is short and coarse
and becomes sparse with age. They have large heads and
thick necks, massive bodies and short limbs. The horns of
adults grow from thick wrinkled bosses on the forehead,
flare sideways and downwards and then curve upwards to
the tips, which usually point slightly backwards. Males have
larger heads, thicker necks and heavier horns than females,
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