I admit that gnus are not really the most beautiful antelopes that live in Namibia. But they are the most remarkable animals that are running through the steppes and savannahs of Africa. The calves only need few seconds to learn how to walk and thereby set the world record for mammals in this discipline. They have to, because if a gnu is out of luck it is hunted by a lion already three minutes after its birth.

Which we experience ourselves in the Ethosha National Park. There are not such huge droves as in the east of Africa there, but the herd instantly gets panic when a lion shows up. In a moment the animals are out of sight. Although we are travelling into the same direction short time later we won’t find this herd anymore.

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