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Water buffaloes called on to clear UK's channels

Conservationists in the UK have turned to water buffaloes as a solution to the vegetation overgrowth in crucial water channels. Water buffaloes have wide splayed feet which prevent them from sinking into mud. This allows them to move freely through the waterways, eating through dense grass. Julide Ayger reports from the Ham Fen nature reserve in Kent.

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