Blue Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus)

Photo by CindyCor

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Description:

Wildebeest migtation crossing the Mara River

Species ID Suggestions

Blue Wildebeest

Connochaetes taurinus

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Comments (18)

CindyCor

Thank-you for all the nice comments Donna

DoinaRussu

excellent! all my appreciation!

Jolly Ibañez

The shots looks like painting! Magnificent.

Ashish

Thanks Cindy for sharing your experience. You can add video this spotting with help of Vimeo and YouTube.

CindyCor

Ashishnimkar...Yes that is true. The crocs are there, and I have seen a few grab a wildebeest, but most of them are on the sidelines already full since food is so plentiful. The wildebeest are just to paranoid and once 1 or 2 start to swim across, they all go crazy just to get to the other side. It is truly amazing and breathtaking.

Ashish

I watched these type migrations many times on NGC, Discovery, Animal Planet channels. This is hunting time for Crocodiles and some other Predatory creatures to get easy hunt through this event.

CindyCor

AshishNimkar...No there is no predator chasing them. If you look at the 2nd photo in the series you will see there are about 10,000 wildebeest sliding down this ravine to cross the Mara River. There are crocodiles in the water, but they just go into a frenzy when they start to cross the river. The migration in the Maasi Mara is amazing to see.

Ashish

Are they disturbed by any predator..?

UmapornSarasat

Great pics..thank for sharing. :)

aldrin

one of the best pictures in Noah... perfect shot...

AliciaDolfinger

Incredible! Nice capture....

LaurieWinters

Awesome!

Carolina

The first and fourth photo are amazing!