Amazing Video Shows 1.5 Million Wildebeest Journeying Across The Serengeti
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Will and Matt Burrard-Lucas, brothers and wildlife photographers, managed to capture part of the amazing journey on an expedition to Northern Serengeti, Tanzania. There, they shot footage over the course of five days and melded it into a one-minute time lapse, which was named a finalist in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year's time lapse category.
Adult wildebeest can weigh up to 600 pounds and grow to be eight feet long. Each year, starting around March, their amazing journey takes them from their calving grounds in Tanzania west in search of better grazing territory. Once the rainy season starts, they begin moving north, crossing the Mara River and moving up into Kenya. They spend several months grazing before heading south again, usually around October, to give birth. Their circular migration can carry them nearly 2,000 miles in a year.
Their travels start as the wildebeest begin mobilizing on the Serengeti.
Will Burrard-Lucas/Youtube
Will Burrard-Lucas/Youtube
Will Burrard-Lucas/Youtube
Check out the full video below, or read more about the experience at the Burrard-Lucas wildlife photography blog.
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