cant be bothered reading the 1st page where 0.5 of page belongs to alameda i.e. boring.

now thats an interesting thing to learn. thank you.

Geeeezz I googled "manda" as I was dying to see what a water buffalo looks like and Google Images gave me photos of frogs and of giant snakes fighting Gozilla...Now I´m even more confused Frog is definitely NOT bovine, and neither are giant snakes

Ok, saw them when typer "water buffalo" the Latin name cracked me up - bubalus bubalis

I am a farm girl first. My family grew hazelnut and raised cattle on a farm in a lovely village in eastern Black Sea region.Every summer, I helped with the hazelnut and fed the cattle. I liked to go out to graze the cattle. Here is the cattle names that I know: 

buzağı- a very baby ox.

dana - a young ox from birth to 12 months:if a male, erkek dana, if a female, dişi dana.

düve- a year-old female up to the first calving.

tosun- a young male ox between the ages of 12 and 24 months

boğa- a two year-old (or more) uncastrated ox.

öküz- a two year-old (or more) castrated ox.

inek- a female having had more than one calf.

We had this animals in my Romania. We call them "bivol"

I think one would need to be rather brave to milk one of these.....big horns and a big animal...I wonder if they are docile?

 No they are very... self-willed . My grandparents had them instead of cows. They give much less milk than a cow but has more fats. They are crazy for water especially if its with lot of mud . You cant take them off then 

In 2002, I saw a cow which had been left tied to a stick under the burning sun of Bodrum. The animal was moaning loudly. I found a large bucket and filled it up with water and carried it near the animal and couldn´t believe in my eyes when it sucked all the water in seconds. I brought it another bucketful which it drank half of it in one go.