After watching the cheetahs-two brothers and narrowly missing a leopard we set off to watch the leading herd of the wildebeeste,we found them about 10 minutes of drive after crossing Talek River,They were there in tens of thousands heading north,and as per my observations they might cross Talek river by tomorrow 2nd.08.2012.It was amazing watching the males running up and down as they try to win some females to mate with,it is here that they will mate and to deliver them in south-eastern plains of serengeti in between January and march ,their noise was of its own kind.This year they arrive when they late,a month later as compared to last year.Already the vultures were scavenging on two different wildebeeste, they accompany them to wherever they will migrate to knowing that some will die of stampede when they are crossing the rivers and others would be killed by the mara-serengeti predators.Vultures and Hyenas play a big role in the eco-system as they scavenge on the animals that they would otherwise be rotten producing bad smell allover,bravo to them though some people put them on the list of the ugly five!They would be here for the next 3-4 months grazing on the tall grass of the mara,and once they would finish lawn-mowing they would head back to Tanzania-Serengeti.
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