Facts about Great Migration of Wildebeest
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Driven by rainfall patterns and grass availability, the Great Migration of Wildebeest follows a broadly clockwise annual route across the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem.
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Zebras and gazelles also participate in the Great Migration of Wildebeest, traveling alongside the massive wildebeest herds in a shared seasonal circuit.
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Calving season, when roughly 500,000 wildebeest calves are born within a few weeks, occurs in the Serengeti's southern plains around January and February.
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During the Great Migration of Wildebeest, river crossings of the Mara River are considered the most dramatic phase, as crocodiles prey on animals attempting to cross.
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The Great Migration of Wildebeest involves over 1.5 million wildebeest circling annually between the Serengeti in Tanzania and the Masai Mara in Kenya.