* Wildebeest Migration in the Serengeti

Are you aware, there many different annual migrations in Africa? Wildebeest migration in the Serengeti is the most popular animal migration in the world comprising more than 2 million animals migrating from Serengeti to Masai Mara. Not the only migration in Africa, there is another migration believed to involve twice as many animals as the popular Serengeti - Masai Mara, that is the one in the virgin Boma National Park in Southern Sudan
The most famous one is the annual wildebeest migration in East Africa, but there are numerous others.Dominating are the wildebeest, whose numbers appear to have settled at just under 1.5 million,some 350,000 Thomson’s gazelle, 200,000 zebra and 12,000 eland. These are the main migrators and they cross the ranges of over a quarter of a million other resident herbivores and, of course, carnivores. The lions, hyenas, leopards, cheetahs and lesser predators await the annual coming of the migration with eagerly.
Animals need migration to find water and grazing depending on the seasons. Thousands of zebra and wildebeest cross the Mara river during the annual migration between Tanzania and Kenya. The annual migration sees over a million wild animals move from one country to the other, spanning the Maasai Mara National Reserve. But dozens of crocodiles lie in wait ready to pick off stragglers.
Towards the end of the short dry season, around March, the short-grass plains of the southernmost Serengeti begin to dry out and the wildebeest begin or continue their journey, heading towards the western woodlands.
From the western Serengeti the herds head north, following the rains or signs of rain into Kenya and the Maasai Mara Game Reserve. On their trek the wildebeests’ path is cut several times by rivers: in the Serengeti by the Mbalangeti and the Grumeti, and in Kenya by the Mara.
Tanzania's annual wildebeest migration is a scramble for survival as the animals run from lions and giant crocodiles as they cross a deep swollen river. For the wildebeest of the Serengeti National Park the journey is a must to ensure they reach rich grazing pastures on the other side of the river and avoid starvation.
Wildebeest arrive at the Mara River in their tens of thousands, and gather waiting to cross. For days their numbers can be building up and anticipation grows but many times, for no apparent reason, they turn and wander away from the water’s edge. Eventually the wildebeest will choose a crossing point, something that can vary from year to year and cannot be predicted
The noise, the dust and the smell during the chaos is unforgettable. Crocodiles take advantage of the panic in the water, attacking and killing at will. They hide in the water until the right moment and grab an animal. They then pull it below the surface until it drowns. How sad?
Zebra and wildebeest desperately attempt to scale the Mara river's banks. There are chaotic scenes as zebra and wildebeest desperately attempt to scale the Mara river's banks.Zebra and wildebeest attempt to climb the Mara river bank to escape the preying crocodiles. Zebra and wildebeest climb the Mara river bank and escape into the open grassland. It's the most high-energy, charged and suspenseful wildlife situation to ever experience in one's life. Animals gather on the edge of the bank a few metres up.They will wait there for an hour, several hours or a day before making the crossing. When they are about to make a move they start braying ,when there are thousands of them it is extremely loud." Herds of animals charge over the edge of the bank and into the muddy waters,breaking their legs and drowning in the river meanwhile Lions, Leopards, Cheetahs, Crocodiles wait to prey on them. This is the reason they wait to cross,simply because they are scared of the waiting carnivorous and predator animals. Here you will find 20ft Crocodiles waiting to maul the animals, causing great panic as they swim across the mara river.
That is the animal migration. No passport, no immigration, no police to stop the animals, no border posts. The only hindrance are the waiting predators and scavengers.
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