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These Crime Fighters Weigh In at 1,800 Pounds
Police in Soure, Brazil, saddle up and patrol on horned buffalo, which
have an unusually robust presence on the island. Bikini-clad visitors even
line up to swim with the burly beasts.
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Soure, Brazil - Brazil's military police already have a reputation as one
of the toughest combat forces on the planet. But the battalion on Marajo
Island at the mouth of the Amazon River has taken things to the next
level. Here they patrol the streets on buffaloes.
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