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Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Wildebeest be With You

Each year, around the same time, the great wildebeest migration begins in the Ngorongoro area of the southern Serengeti of Tanzania. The migration is a natural phenomenon determined by the availability of grazing. It lasts from around January to March, when the calving season begins. There is plenty of rain ripened grass for the 750,000 zebra and 1.2 million wildebeest. During February the wildebeest graze in the southern part of the ecosystem, giving birth to around 500,000 calves. In May, they leave, and in July, migrate north. They stay where they are until November, when the migration begins again.Would you want to see that? I think it would be pretty cool to see a giant stampede of wildebeest, unless they trampled you.
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  1. AnonymousJanuary 15, 2014 at 3:27 PM

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 15, 2014 at 3:30 PM

    I think seeing a wildebeest migration would be COOL. They aren't an animal you see every day here in Michigan and I think that watching a wildebeest migration would be a really cool experience to see! And wildebeest babies are really interesting-looking animals...did you know that wildebeest calves are able to walk as soon as they are born? A few days after birth, babies can even run with the rest of the herd.(Google it and you'll see!) Is grass all that the wildebeest eat, or do they also eat flowers and grains and other vegetation?

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  3. Tom HopperJanuary 19, 2014 at 12:52 PM

    Olive, I think that seeing this migration would be one of the most amazing things any person could ever hope to witness. #Bucketlist!

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