The Evolution of Buffaloes

The higher up on the food chain, or the higher the smarter an animal is, the more likely it is to have some ability to influence its evolution. So you've got something the size of a buffalo that is really tired of being eaten and suddenly gets this ability to influence magic. And then another buffalo in the herd mutates and can now carry weapons. I think that's too high concept for even a buffalo, but the buffaloes have armor. They grow. Or they just really like that food on this tree. What happened to the plant life? Did we have early in the sentient life forms living on this planet, some children that got this power and made certain plants grow sweet