Thousands of panicking wildebeest have been filmed stampeding across a river where dangerous predators lurked in one of nature's greatest spectacles.
The crossing of the Mara River during the migration of wildebeest sees up to 10,000 animals at a time battle to overcome the huge watery obstacle. The mass charge looks dangerous but is governed by the principle of safety in numbers. Below the surface Nile crocodiles lurk and lions await the herd on the opposite bank.
British photographers William and Matthew Burrard-Lucas, both from London, made a 12-day expedition last month to capture the chaotic fight for life on camera.
Poised high up in an open-sided Landrover on the banks of the Mara, which separates Serengeti National Park and the Masai Mara National Reserve, the brothers watched the mass relocation of 2.3 million wildebeest unfold before them.
Wildebeest are continually moving in a huge cycle all year round as they instinctively migrate to rain-hit areas where they can graze fresh grass.
However, the animals' migration is currently under threat by developers. Plans to build a road across the Serengeti National Park, one of world's last great wildlife sanctuaries, would trigger a collapse in the ecosystem, experts have warned.
Full article including video: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/t...ebeest-river-crossing-captured-on-camera.html
See photographs of the migration here: http://www.burrard-lucas.com/migration/
The crossing of the Mara River during the migration of wildebeest sees up to 10,000 animals at a time battle to overcome the huge watery obstacle. The mass charge looks dangerous but is governed by the principle of safety in numbers. Below the surface Nile crocodiles lurk and lions await the herd on the opposite bank.
British photographers William and Matthew Burrard-Lucas, both from London, made a 12-day expedition last month to capture the chaotic fight for life on camera.
Poised high up in an open-sided Landrover on the banks of the Mara, which separates Serengeti National Park and the Masai Mara National Reserve, the brothers watched the mass relocation of 2.3 million wildebeest unfold before them.
Wildebeest are continually moving in a huge cycle all year round as they instinctively migrate to rain-hit areas where they can graze fresh grass.
However, the animals' migration is currently under threat by developers. Plans to build a road across the Serengeti National Park, one of world's last great wildlife sanctuaries, would trigger a collapse in the ecosystem, experts have warned.
Full article including video: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/t...ebeest-river-crossing-captured-on-camera.html
See photographs of the migration here: http://www.burrard-lucas.com/migration/
