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Eastern White-Bearded Wildebeest

DESCRIPTION: This subspecies of wildebeest has awhite beard, unlike most other subspecies which have black beards; both sexeshave smooth, cowlike horns. SIZE: Male - 1.25-1.45 m at the shoulder.Female - 1.15-1.42 m at the shoulder WEIGHT:  Male - 165-274 kg. Female - 140-230 kg FUN FACTS:      Each yearan ancient spectacle, the single largest movement of wildlife, begins.White-bearded wildebeest migrate in search of fresh pastures and water. Suchmigrations may contain as many as one million individuals. Up to halfa million plains zebra and Thomson's gazelles often travel with the gnus. InNovember, the rains have resumed in the south and the green grasses of theNorth are depleted, the masses surge back to the fresh pastures. Thismigration takes the form of long columns, stretching thousands of miles.Visitors and natives say the ground trembles under their stampeding hooves. Predatorssuch as lions and hyenas follow the herd while crocodiles wait hungrily in therivers. They wait for a lone unhealthy gnu or youngster to break away from theothers; wading into a herd of over one million hoofed animals for a meal is toodangerous. Wildebeests live in more densely packedherds than any other large mammal, except for humans. Eighty percent of calves (sometimes upto half a million) are born within a 2-3 week period at the start of the rainyseason. Since predators can only take a limited number of prey at any giventime, there is a higher chance of survival for each individual calf. Calves can stand and run within 3-7minutes after birth. They follow their mothers as they move with the herd. At nightwhite-bearded wildebeest sleep on the ground in rows; this provides them withthe security of being in a group while allowing them space to run in case of anemergency

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