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The result was: promoted by Dclemens1971 talk 16:09, 15 October 2025 (UTC)
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Water buffalo
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Water buffaloes wallowing in mud in Sri Lanka
- ... that water buffaloes require wallows, rivers, or splashing water to regulate their temperature in hot climates (pictured)?
- Source: Borghese, A., Mazzi, M. (2005). Buffalo Population and Strategies in the World. Pages 1–39 in Borghese, A. (ed.) Buffalo Production and Research. REU Technical Series 67. Inter-regional Cooperative Research Network on Buffalo, FAO Regional Office for Europe, Rome.
- ALT1: ... that when Aboriginal Australians first saw herds of water buffalo, they intepreted the new animals as a manifestation of their dreaming? Source: May, S.K.; Taçon, P.S.C.; Jalandoni, A.; Goldhahn, J.; Wesley, D.; Tsang, R.; Mangiru, K. (2021). "The re-emergence of nganaparru (water buffalo) into the culture, landscape and rock art of western Arnhem Land". Antiquity. 95 (383): 1298–314. doi:10.15184/aqy.2021.107.
- ALT2: ... that water buffaloes (pictured) contribute 72 million tonnes of milk per year to world food? Source: C. V. Singh, R. S. Barwal (2010). Buffalo Breeding Research and Improvement Strategies in India. In: The Buffalo in the World. Proceedings of the 9th World Buffalo Congress, Buenos Aires, April 2010, pages 1024–1031. Archived 17 April 2012.
- ALT3: ... that the two types of water buffalo (pictured) were domesticated separately, at different times? Source: Zhang, Y.; Colli, L. & Barker, J. S. F. (2020). "Asian water buffalo: domestication, history and genetics". Animal Genetics. 51 (2): 177–191. doi:10.1111/age.12911. PMID 31967365.
- ALT4: ... that soft cheeses produced from water buffalo (pictured) milk range from Italian mozzerella to Syrian alghab and Filipino kesong puti? Source: Borghese, A. (2005). "Buffalo Cheese and Milk Industry". In Borghese, A. (ed.). Buffalo Production and Research. REU Technical Series 67. Rome: Inter-regional Cooperative Research Network on Buffalo, FAO Regional Office for Europe. pp. 185–195.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Hiša Franko
- Comment: Image specifically intended for ALT0, but could be adapted.
Improved to Good Article status by Chiswick Chap (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 80 past nominations.
~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 12:46, 16 September 2025 (UTC).
Article has achieved Good Article status. No issues of copyvio or plagiarism. All sources appear reliable. Hooks are all interesting and sourced. Image good. QPQ is done. Looks ready to go. Thriley (talk) 23:01, 28 September 2025 (UTC)