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#Repost///@shereshe: Since the 1990's on Marajo, a small island off the Northern coast of Brazil, the military patrol the area mounted on water buffalo. The Asian water buffalo was introduced in Brazil in in the late nineteenth century. Today the country has one of the largest populations in the world, most of it in the Amazon basin. Per the New York Times, "The buffalo unit started in the 1990s, patrolling the sleepy outpost of Soure, which has about 23,000 people, and breaking up the occasional bar fight. Over the years, the mission has expanded to include pursuing suspects who flee into Marajó’s wilds and cracking down on buffalo rustling on the island’s far-reaching ranches."These photos were taken by Fernando Camara. #brazil #waterbuffalo #marajo #TIL