truly amazing safari footage titled battle at kruger showing a fight between water buffalo, lions, and yes - crocodiles. good job by the camera man filming the whole scene. the youtube clip is 8 minutes long, but completely worth the wait. via the popular science blog.
This is not a water buffalo (which is mainly a domestic animal, found in Asia)- it is a Cape buffalo, found in Africa, and is one of the most dangerous animals on the planet. When bwana goes hunting one, it can go in a circle and come up behind him. It is on the list of big game animals that hunters most want to bag, along with the lion, tiger, elephant, polar bear - yeah, THAT dangerous.
thanks for the better description J! i just read up on the mighty cape buffalo here and here.