During drought, large herbivores such as wildebeest, eland, and hartebeest move in search of surface water. From Wordnik.com. [Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands] Reference
If I were David Attenborough, I'd deliberately get savaged by some kind of wildebeest / sea creature when I'd had enough of it all. From Wordnik.com. [Planet Atheism] Reference
Unlike the wildebeest, your safety is not in numbers. From Wordnik.com. [13 Ways to Get Your Money's Worth Out of College] Reference
The wildebeest on the Serengeti say that about the lions too. From Wordnik.com. [Pharma Sells the Rope] Reference
The wildebeest, lion and gazelle can all run at about 50 mph. From Wordnik.com. [Usain Bolt Versus the House Cat] Reference
GEISSLER: This is the largest herd of blue wildebeest on earth. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 31, 2009] Reference
Hardest hit were big grazers like zebra, wildebeest, and buffalo. From Wordnik.com. [Rob Pringle: Where the Rift Valley Ends] Reference
Suddenly, I started sniffing the air like a suspicious wildebeest. From Wordnik.com. [meli Diary Entry] Reference
Andy Biggs Thomson Safaris travelers encounter wildebeest and zebra. From Wordnik.com. [The Whirlwind Vacation] Reference
Watching a baby wildebeest run from a lion, you can feel its terror. From Wordnik.com. [Todd Palmer and Rob Pringle: One Way To Preserve The Last Great Places? Endow Research Stations] Reference
In the drought of the 1980s, 90 percent of the wildebeest population died. From Wordnik.com. [Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands] Reference
The wildebeest herds start their northeastward migration into Angola in June. From Wordnik.com. [Western Zambezian grasslands] Reference
Behaviour and life history of the wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus Burchell). From Wordnik.com. [Serengeti volcanic grasslands] Reference
Before I made it to the first buoy, I was gasping like a wild-eyed wildebeest. From Wordnik.com. [Steve Leveen: Are We Prejudiced Against Books Just When We Need Them Most?] Reference
These restrictions on migration have particularly affected the blue wildebeest. From Wordnik.com. [Zambezian and Mopane woodlands] Reference
In 1890, 95 percent of buffalo and wildebeest in East Africa died from the disease. From Wordnik.com. [Southern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets] Reference
DAVID MCKENZIE, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Massive wildebeest herds on the move. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 19, 2008] Reference
Females of wildebeest and springbok herds give birth within a week or two each other. From Wordnik.com. [Kalahari xeric savanna] Reference
I saw an African lion take away from a crocodile a wildebeest last Thursday in Africa. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 31, 2003] Reference
The wildebeest migration corridor in the northeastern part of the park is not settled. From Wordnik.com. [Western Zambezian grasslands] Reference
The police are like crocodiles lying in wait every day for an endless wildebeest migration. From Wordnik.com. [Brian McNally's Letter from Saigon] Reference
This wild dog is antagonizing a group of wildebeest that are standing in a defensive circle. From Wordnik.com. [Serengeti National Park, Tanzania] Reference
Only large packs can take down adult wildebeest, but small packs often target the vulnerable calves. From Wordnik.com. [Serengeti National Park, Tanzania] Reference
The reduced competition from livestock has resulted in marked increases in zebra, wildebeest and elephant. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets] Reference
Like runaway construction cranes, giraffe clans loped along above great herds of gemsbok and blue wildebeest. From Wordnik.com. [Impossible Places]
And imagine the African plains with one lion per zebra or per wildebeest, the same amount of predators as prey. From Wordnik.com. [Explorers Assess The Health Of The World’s Oceans] Reference
(Zimbabweans look at the acronym formed by those words and say the result would be not a gnu but a wildebeest.). From Wordnik.com. [Day of the Crocodile] Reference
We enjoyed the journey, especially seeing lions, zebra, wildebeest, cheetahs and other animals as we travelled. From Wordnik.com. [Freedom in our Lifetime - Part Three] Reference
The black wildebeest (Connochaetes gnou) is no longer living as a wild animal, and is only found on fenced land. From Wordnik.com. [Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests] Reference
Last May in South Africa, he harvested a waterbuck, a warthog, a wildebeest, and a Kudu antelope with a 60-inch rack. From Wordnik.com. [One Game Jeter Wants the Yankees to Lose] Reference
And the motorcyclists themselves are apparently happy to calculate their odds according to wildebeest actuarial charts. From Wordnik.com. [Brian McNally's Letter from Saigon] Reference
Graceful as ballerinas, the small herd paraded into view from amongst the wildebeest, elegant heads bobbing in time to their rumps. From Wordnik.com. [Impossible Places]
Wall Street in a financial crisis has rules similar to those on the African savannah: The hyenas pick off the weakest wildebeest first. From Wordnik.com. [Lehman's Fate] Reference
I see it now: herds of feral wildebeest rampage across major British cities, protesting about the use of animals in scientific research. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Gucci jeans, pink open-neck shirts and patent leather shoes made bankers as conspicuous as flamingos in a crowd of protesting wildebeest. From Wordnik.com. [Ann Pettifor: Dispatch from London: Day 1 of the G-20 Summit] Reference
The migration of zebra and wildebeest between Tarangire National Park and Simanjiro Plains, northern Tanzania, in 1972 and recent trends. From Wordnik.com. [Southern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets] Reference
HANNA: A crocodile ate a wildebeest, and the lion jumped in the water, around the edge, and grabbed it and took it away from the crocodile. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 31, 2003] Reference
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