The orange lock that falls on his head makes comparison with the US president inevitable. “Donald Trump”, the albino buffalo, is making a splash at the Eid al-Adha festival in Bangladesh. Despite its striking appearance, it is a very calm animal.
A rare albino buffalo, with a lush blonde hairbecame an unlikely celebrity in Bangladesh, on the eve of the festival Eid al-Adhawhere it is attracting crowds of curious visitors who claim that the animal bears a surprising resemblance to Donald Trump.
The buffalo, with almost 700 kgwas raised on a farm in Narayanganj district, near the capital Dacca, and quickly nicknamed ‘Donald Trump’ due to his locks of by the light that falls on his foreheada characteristic that many say mirrors the American leader’s unmistakable hairstyle.
According to , dozens of people came to the farm daily, many of them coming from distant districts, to take selfies and record videos with the unusually colored animal, which quickly went viral on social media.
«My younger brother named the buffalo after Donald Trump because the fur on the front of his head looked like Donald Trump,” the farm owner told Reuters, Ziauddin Mridha.
«Despite its striking appearance, it is a very calm animal. by nature. It is an albino buffalo and animals of this species are, in general, docile and do not become aggressive unless provoked», he added.
Mridha said that the buffalo demanded special careincluding four baths a day and four meals a day, to stay healthy and fit before Eid. «Needed extra attention and care every day. The buffalo has already been delivered to a client for be sacrificed during Eid», these.
Albino buffaloes are considered rare in Bangladeshwhere most of these animals have dark skin.
O cream-colored body, pink snout and the long blond coat made the animal stand out among the thousands of cattle prepared for the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha, during which families traditionally sacrifice animals.
In recent years, this Muslim-majority country has seen cases in which sacrificial animals of unusual dimensions or with distinctive features become viral Eid attractions, often named after celebrities to attract buyers and visitors.
The buffalo’s resemblance to Trump, combined with his size and docile temperament, made him one of the biggest attractions of the year.
