The Great Annual Migration
The annual migration of the gnus- or Wildebeest in the Masai Mara – Serengeti ecosystem are ancient patterns of migration due to sheer survival defines this unique savanna ecosystem of extreme varied diversity and splendour so that some of the greatest writers in the world like Hemingway and Karen Blixen would spend many years of their life exploring East Africa in order to write their fabulous books from here.
The migration takes place every year from July to October, a migration so immense it is called the Great Migration and can include as many as 1,300,000 Wildebeest, 360,000 Thomson’s Gazelle, and almost 200.000 Zebras.
The annual migration allows huge number of herbivores to give birth to their young ones in a location with plenty of food. One of the advantages in being many is that the camouflage effect of the flock makes it more confusing for the predators to seek out the right target.
Other animals to see
The Nile Crocodile grow all their life and can reach 5-6m in length and a massive 1m over the back. Older crocodiles like this one weighs in at about one ton and can easily go for a year without food which means they can just lie and wait for their next meal untill the annual migration of gnus passes the Mara River.
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