they are strong, but not fierce. in fact if you had a few of them I expect you could play something like polo, they sometimes do this in Asia.
In Thailand the equivalent of BT Openreach has a sign on their telephone poles in various languages marked “CAUTION: Do not tie buffalo to this pole”, as if they decide they want to wander the whole thing is wrenched from the ground and thats a entire villages phones, broadband and leccy out.
In some parts of Malaysia until very recently if you got with a girl and wanted to marry her you had to give her Mum and Dad a buffalo as the dowry…
