The Great Migration Begins in Africa!

Each year around the same time the 'Great Wildebeest Migration' begins in the Ngorongoro area of the southern Serengeti of Tanzania. A natural phenomenon determined by the availability of grazing. It is January to March when the calving season begins. A time when there is plenty of rain, and ripened grass available for over 500,000 zebras that precede 1.8 million wildebeest and the following 100,000 plains game. This is embraced by the spectacular phenomenon in their surroundings.

The entirety of the migration is dependant upon the coming of the rains. In Africa's hot and dry climate, such huge numbers of animal life cannot be sustained by one place. They have such a dramatic effect on the grazing pastures, taking no time at all to completely exhaust the available food supply.

Wildebeest are the only land animal to synchronize birthing to within a 2/3-week period. At a time and place, when there is plenty of grass and water to drink. Open plains away from the majority of predators. The rains herald the birth of many animals' young in Africa; such is their dependence on water.

If the majority of young are born around the same time and are able within a few minutes to keep up with their mothers and the constantly moving herds, they are more likely to avoid predation. This is how they move http://safari.go2africa.com/africa-features/wildebeest-migration.asp