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Home >  HerdTracker > Acacia Waited All Afternoon To Capture Thousands Of The Wildebeest To Gather At The River’s Edge

Acacia waited all afternoon to capture thousands of the wildebeest to gather at the river’s edge

HerdTracker update 29 Aug 2018 by Acacia

Acacia waited all afternoon and finally captured thousands of herd gathered at the river's edge, turning back and forth until one herd took the plunge and the rest followed in the Mara River during the annual great wildebeest migration. 

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