Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus)
Wildebeest migrate more than 1,450 km (900 mi) a year in search of food—north
during the dry season, south when the rains return. Giant herds of up to
half a million animals stream across Africa’s Serengeti plains. Over
millions of years, wildebeest have evolved special teeth and a digestive
system that can chew and process the tough and fibrous plants that grow across
the Serengeti.
