Wildebeest/gnuMigrationsafariofMaasaiMara-Kenya 　　TheMigration 　　Whatgivesthegnuitsworldwidereputeisnotitsbodystructurehowever,butthesheernumbersandspectaclecreatedbyitsmigration.TheanimalsmigratebetweentheSerengetiandMaraSavannahsinTanzaniaandKenyarespectively,insearchofgrassandwater.Itisestimatedthatover1millionoftheseanimalsareonthemoveduringtheannualmigrationbetweenJuneandOctober. 　　Thenumbersaresohighthatmilesuponmilesofgrasslandisblanketedbyamassofmovinggnu.Thewildebeest/gnusimplystretchfromonehorizontothenext;oftheconvenientlyflatandtreelessMaasaiMaraSavannah.Itisasighttobeholdwhenonyourgnumigrationorwildlifesafari.Thewildebeest/gnumigrationphenomenonissohugethatsatellitesmilesawayinspaceareabletocapturethesurgeasablackmovingmassofgnuontheplainsofEastAfrica.Now,that’shuge:andit’sevenmoreawesomewatchingthegnuonthegroundorwithMaraballoonSafaris. 　　RiverCrossing 　　Themostdramaticandmemorablesafariexperienceiswhenyouobservethemigratingwildebeest/gnuattheseveralMararivercrossings.Numbersuponnumbersofgnugatheratsuchcrossingsunsureoftheirnextmove.Thecrossingsaresuchnotoriousspotsthatthegnushavedevelopedaselfpreservationinstinctovertime. 　　Wildebeest/gnuswillamassintheirthousandsatbanksofriverMarawhichisrifewiththedreadedNilecrocodileandragingcurrents.Putintheswiftcurrent,eminentstampedesandjawsnappingcrocodilesinthispictureandyougetaguaranteedrecipeformassgenocideatsuchrivercrossings.TheMaasaiMaraRiverisusuallyawashwithbloatedmassofwildebeest/gnucarcassthatcrocodilesfeastonfordaysonend. 　　Over250,000ofthewildebeest/gnudiefromdrowning,stampede,crocodilesandthepredatorseveryyear.Buteventhisannualcarnageisnotenoughtoreducetheirnumbers.Thewildebeest/gnudeathsduringmigrationarereplenishedbytheover400,000birthsayear.Thedeathsduringmigrationarenowconsideredasanaturalpopulationcheck;naturalselectionatitsbest. 　　DoandDiePoint 　　RivercrossingsintheMaraarefavouritevantagepointstoobservetheMarawildebeest/gnumigrationonyourKenyansafari.Theanimalswillgatherhesitantlyinhugenumbersonthebanks,unsureofwhentotaketheplunge.Theotherwildebeest/gnusbehindthefrontlinekeepamassingintohundredsofthousandsuntilthepressureonthefrontistoomuchtobear. 　　Theyfinallytaketheleap;andwhentheydo,eventhewaitingcrocodilesscattertotheflanks.Thefearofbeingtrampledbythemillionsofwildebeest/gnuistoorealforevenacrocodiletoriskahead-onaffront.Hundredsuponhundredsofwildebeestmakedeath-daringhighleapsintothewaterthatthesplashsoundslikeamillionwaterfalls. 　　TheWildebeest/gnuPredators. 　　Wildebeest/gnumigrationissuchthatasmatteringpopulationofotherbovidsjoinsinthemigrationincludingZebrasandGazelles.Lionpridesalsoescort(astheyeatsomegnu,ofcourse)andwelcomethemigratingwildebeest/gnuoneithersideoftheMaraRiverCrossings.Thelionsstarkuptheirstomachswithgnucarcasstoapointthat,theyarefinallysubduedbywildebeest/gnuwithlittlefear. 　　Aslongasalionhashadhis35oddkilosofwildebeestaday,heposesnothreat.“Allthatisneed