NARRATOR: AND NOW IT’S TIME FOR SOME MORE…
“AMAZING ANIMALS”!
NUMBER 51…
THE AMAZING WILDEBEEST! AND THEY HAVE ANOTHER NAME…
WILDEBEEST: YEAH, WHO GNU?
NARRATOR: THAT’S RIGHT…
GNU, HOW DID YOU KNOW?
WILDEBEEST: I JUST GNU IT!
NARRATOR: WILDEBEEST ARE MOST FAMOUS FOR THEIR MIGRATION THROUGH THESE PARTS OF AFRICA. THIS, IS THE LARGEST LAND MAMMAL MIGRATION IN THE WORLD!
GROUP: DO WE REALLY HAVE TO DO THIS AGAIN?
ELDER: MY KNEES ARE KILLING ME!
NARRATOR: EVERY YEAR, ABOUT A MILLION WILDEBEEST DO THE SAME 300-MILE ROUND TRIP ACROSS THE GRASSLANDS OF KENYA AND TANZANIA.
GROUP: WHY DO WE DO THIS ANYWAY?
NARRATOR: FOR THE GRASS! WILDEBEEST NEED TO FOLLOW THE RAINS AND THE FRESH GRASS THAT COMES WITH IT.
WILDEBEEST: OH YES DELICIOUS, THE GRASS!
NARRATOR: WHAT’S REALLY AMAZING ABOUT THESE ANIMALS IS HOW FAST THE CALVES GET MOVING AFTER THEY ARE BORN!
BABY: OW HOLD ON, GIVE US A SEC, HOLD YOUR HORSES… I MEAN WILDEBEESTS… I MEAN GNUS! GOT IT, GOT, YES!
NARRATOR: THEY ONLY HAVE 3 WEEKS TO STAND UP, WALK AND THEN HOP TO IT! OTHERWISE THEY’RE AN EASY BITE FOR THESE RAVENOUS ONLOOKERS.
CHEETAH: I WANT THAT BROWN ONE!
VULTURE: YEAH, PASS THE KETCHUP, I’LL TAKE THE LEFTOVERS!
NARRATOR: IF THEY MAKE IT ACROSS THE VAST PLAINS AND WOODLANDS, THEN THEY GET TO CROSS THE CROCODILE INFESTED RIVERS… WITH STEEP MUDDY BANKS.
SADLY, NOT EVERYONE WILL MAKE IT. BUT THE LUCKY ONES LIVE TO DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN NEXT YEAR!
[GROUP CHEERING]
WILDEBEEST: OH GREAT.
NARRATOR: THEY MIGHT LOOK LIKE COWS WITH BEARDS BUT THE WILDEBEEST IS DEFINITELY ONE “AMAZING ANIMAL”!
