The Masai Mara Wild Life
The Masai Mara is spotted by a wide variety of wildlife. The most dominant is the wildebeest which is estimated to be in the millions. Other animals include the 'big five', antelopes, gazelles, zebras, hippopotamus, crocodiles and a wide range of birds. The birds are recorded to be over 450 species. These include the vultures, marabou storks, and secretary birds, hornbills, crowned cranes, ostriches, long-crested Eagles, and African pygmy-falcons. Numerous other antelopes can be found, including Thomson's and Grant's gazelles, impalas, topes and Coke's hartebeests. The animals attract a lot of animals therefore earning Kenya great revenue.
Due to change of weather patterns, immigration and tourism, some of the animal species are becoming distinct. These include the cheetah, which is threatened by tourists' disruption of its daytime hunting, the black rhino and some bird species. The antelopes found here include the Thomson's and Grant's gazelles, impalas, topes and Coke's hartebeests. These animals are served by the Mara, sand and talek rivers. Most of them can be found in the plains between the Mara River and the Esoit Oloololo Escarpment. This is a very good site to view them from.
The Great Migration is a major tourist attraction in Kenya. It takes place between the months of July and October. The Great Migration is one of the most impressive natural events worldwide, involving an immensity of herbivores some 1,300,000 wildebeests, 360,000 Thomson's gazelles, and 191,000 zebras. These numerous migrants are followed along their annual, circular route by a block of hungry predators, most notably lions and hyena.
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