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wildly upon the jackals – sending them
helter-skelter. (pic 1) She actually chased
them round our jeep a few times (pic 2)
before packing them off (pic 3) her baby left
unharmed.(pic 4)
During yet another trip – this time to the
Masai Mara in August, I was witness to
1 1 the great annual migration. A multitude
of more than two million animals strong –
wildebeest, zebras and gazelles
2 2
– move as one across the northern Serengeti
plains to cross the Mara River in search
(literally) for greener pastures. Wildebeest,
the large, brown, scraggy and rather ugly
animals that live in herds, eat grass, and
belong to the cattle family, comprised the
bulk of this army.
3 3 Keenly, we watched from the jeep, as the
wildebeest thronged eagerly on the banks of
that great river.
4 4
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