Blue Wildebeest

[Peter Betts]

Wildebeest at Sunrise..Taken at Rooiputs waterhole Kgalagadi this last April ..needs a click

[Flutterby]

[Lisbeth]

Being a blue wildebeest it looks rather brown

[Peter Betts]

Being a blue wildebeest it looks rather brown

Early morning Kalahari Sun

[Klipspringer]

From Londolozi: https://blog.londolozi.com/2020/02/12/w ... g-footage/

Wildebeest mothers protect their calves against wild dogs by forming a wall between them and the pack. The crazy noises that echoed from crest to crest of Londolozi could be heard from miles away. Stalemate. Neither predator nor prey was going to give up the fight in the wild tonight.



Then, out of nowhere two zebra came charging in chasing some of the wild dogs away. They continued to help the wildebeest and eventually after night had fallen and the wild dogs had slowly given up, with wildebeest still huddled in an unbreakable wall, everything calmed down. The wild dogs were going to have to look for food elsewhere.

It was a tough ordeal to watch but it showed the rawness of nature at its finest. We all went to bed, struggling to fall asleep as the unknown kept us awake. What had happened in the darkness of the night?

The next morning, we set out on drive and about 400 meters from where we had seen this incredible sighting, we saw five wildebeest and two calves running across the airstrip. Now, there is no guarantee that it was that same herd but the composition was identical from what we could tell, and it was enough to give us peace of mind that they had all survived.

[Lisbeth]

....and the wild dogs had gone to bed hungry

[Lisbeth]

Did you know...



6,250 wildebeest drown during the Great Migration every year (average figure provided by scientists) - equivalent to the mass of 10 blue whales. The nutrients released from the decomposing carcasses, particularly the slow decomposition of bones, can enrich the ecosystem for years.

[Richprins]

Circle of life!

[Lisbeth]

[Alf]

Does that monitor on the carcass also eat meat