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"The wildebeest (from Dutch "wild animal"), also called gnu (pronounced "noo," or "nyoo"), is a large hooved (ungulate) mammal".
The principal foodstuff of wildebeest are grasses. The seasonal nature of the African grasslands forces wildebeest to make annual migrations. The main migration is in May, when more than a million animals move from the plains to the woods; they return in November as summer rains water the plains.
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Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
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There is no other antelope like the wildebeest. It looks like it was assembled from spare parts the forequarters could have come from and ox, the hindquarters from an antelope and the mane and tail from a horse. The antics of the territorial bulls during breeding season have earned them the name clowns of the savanna. The wildebeest is one of the few African antelopes to have extended its range in the last 50 years. They numbered about 250,000 in 1960 and are thought to number 1.5 million today. Wildebeest, or gnus, (pronounced 'news'), are noisy. They constantly emit low moans and if disturbed, snort explosively.
The Wildbeest footage is shot with a Sony DSR500 camcorder and is supplied in flattened QuickTime format. It is shot and captured in DV-PAL format dimensions, 720 x 576 pixels, at a frame rate of 25 fps.
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