• Around half a million wildebeest are born in the Serengeti each year—between January and March—sometimes as much as 8,000 calves a day.
• Wildebeest have no natural leader and instead split into smaller herds that congregate around a mega-herd.
• Almost 300,000 animals will not see the light of day again as they fall victim to predators, as well as exhaustion and drowning.
• Wildebeest and zebra do not compete for food as they consume different chunks of the same grass.
• Carnivores, like the more than 3,000 lions in the Serengeti, and the countless crocodiles in the Mara River, are spoiled for choice when it comes to prey.