And though most of the wildebeest have yet to arrive, other animals crowd the plains.
This is actually what the mention, in his Principles, of hyenas savaging a wildebeest was about.
The migration of the wildebeest was the "largest remaining migratory system on Earth", they said.
The rare black-faced impala is often viewed here too, as are herds of Gemsbok, wildebeest, zebra, giraffe and rhino.
The menu changes daily to reflect the produce in season, but it often features game, such as eland and wildebeest.
The plan initially is to import elephant, white rhino, warthog, giraffe, zebra, wildebeest and a range of antelope.
In the distance, a straggling herd of wildebeest arced up and back into the grass like dolphins leaping from the water.
By next month, Mr Blanchard plans to have fenced his area, and stocked it with buffalo, zebra and wildebeest.
That annual north-to-south trek involves about 1.5 million animals, including wildebeest and zebra.
Writing in the journal Nature, the 27 scientists said the road would curtail wildebeest migration, with knock-on effects on the area's ecosystem.
Numbers vary annually, but it is estimated that herd sizes can reach 1.5 million wildebeest, not to mention just under a million zebras, topi and eland.
The scientists said that according to a simulation, the road would cause the wildebeest population to fall from 1.3 million to fewer than 300, 000.
For seven hours every Sunday, the city closes more than 100km of roads to motor vehicles, and a wildebeest-worthy migration of bikes and pedestrians takes over the city.
Dust exploding as thousands of wildebeest thunder across the plains.
His claim to independence is a vote for Beltway business as usual on entitlements, which makes him another wildebeest in the herd that has created trillion-dollar deficits.
The white sun was still cool and the animals were cautiously on the move: wildebeest were calving and zebras grazed, their brush-like tails swishing at clouds of pestering tsetse flies.
The Loliondo region in northern Tanzania lies along the famed southern migratory route, where herds of wildebeest and zebra graze at roadsides and antelope dart around the trees.
We also discussed the feeding hierarchy among vultures and other African savannah birds at a wildebeest carcass, or any carcass for that matter another area of the biologist's study.
Wildebeest migrate from Tanzania to the Masai Mara from July to September. iReporter Louisa Wong recommends going in July to see the wildebeest to avoid crowds of other tourists.
You walk a 100 yards off the track, passing through a landscape that looks just like northern Nevada, when suddenly you find yourself face-to-face with a wildebeest, 500 springbok, or a giraffe.
Every year in November, wildebeest and zebra move south from Angola across Zambia's plains, stalked by large and impressive clans of hyena, as well as wild dogs, cheetahs and lions.
Roaming the reserve are the so-called big five--lion, leopard, rhino, elephant and buffalo--in addition to hippo, giraffe, zebra, warthog, hyena, springbok, wildebeest, and a multitude of smaller creatures and birds.
Last year, a group of scientists warned that the proposed road across the park could bring the number of wildebeest in the park, estimated at about 1.3 million, down to 300, 000.
Except that in this case the wildebeest, zebra and giraffe are replaced by people out for an afternoon stroll and the pale hues of the Masai Mara by the budding luxury condos of Chelsea.
The open savannahs of the Mkata floodplain, at the heart of the park, are reminiscent of the famous Serengeti plains and a popular feeding ground for herd animals such as elephants, giraffe, zebra and wildebeest.
Mwanga Moto in the Serengeti is mobile, moving several times a year to follow the wildebeest migration, while Palahala in the virtually untouristed, hipporich Katavi National Park in western Tanzania is permanent but low impact.
Last year, Dealbreaker, a Wall Street Web site, picked up a copy of the Principles and made fun of a section in which Dalio appeared to compare Bridgewater to a pack of hyenas feeding on a young wildebeest.
Hotspots springing up to serve the new residents include coffee shop Nelson the Seagull, restaurants Wildebeest and Pidgin, and Save On Meats, an old butcher shop with a legendary neon sign that now houses a popular diner.
The large numbers of herd animals -- wildebeest, zebra, antelope -- and the drama of the migration attract many visitors to Kenya and Tanzania -- but in places like the Ngorongoro Crater you are likely to see many other vehicles during a game drive.
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