Where Is the Serengeti? by Nico Medina (English) Paperback Book

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If you've never known what a wildebeest is, you'll find out now in this latest Where? Is title about the Serengeti.

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If you've never known what a wildebeest is, you'll find out now in this latest Where? Is title about the Serengeti.If you've never known what a wildebeest is, you'll find out now in this latest Where? Is title about the Serengeti.Each year, over 1.5 million wildebeest make a harrowing journey (more than one thousand miles!) between Tanzania and Kenya. They are in search of new land to graze. Even if these creatures avoid vicious attacks from lions and crocodiles, they could still fall prey to thirst, hunger, and exhaustion. This book not only follows the exciting Migration, but also tells about the other creatures and peoples that co-exist along these beautiful landscapes of the Serengeti.

Author Biography

Nico Medina is the author of several Who HQ books, including What Was Stonewall?, Where Is Mount Everest?, Where Is Alcatraz?, Who Is Aretha Franklin?, and What Was the Ice Age?

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If you've never known what a wildebeest is, you'll find out now in this latest Where? Is title about the Serengeti.

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Where Is the Serengeti? The lioness approaches the herd of wildebeests in plain sight. If she were hunting the wildebeests, she would crouch low and disappear into the tall grass. Her tan coat would help camouflage the lioness. ( Camouflage means to blend in with her surroundings.) But for right now, she''s only watching the herd. And the herd watches her back. Nervously. The wildebeests walk on, all the while keeping an eye on the female lion. The lioness can''t outrun the wildebeests. In short bursts, lions can reach speeds of fifty miles per hour. But wildebeests can run that fast for a long time. So if the lioness is far away from the herd, the wildebeests will be safe. And if the lioness decides to charge them, they''ll have plenty of time to run for their lives. The lioness walks alongside the herd. Lions prefer to attack when their target is no more than a hundred feet away. With a good running start, they can leap as far as thirty-six feet! But this lioness doesn''t want the wildebeests to panic and run--at least not yet. For now, she wants to keep their attention on her. Slowly, she begins closing the distance between them. The wildebeests notice, and turn to flee. The lioness charges, running straight for the herd! She''s too far back. She''ll never catch up. But on the other side of the herd, lying in wait in the tall grass, are two more lionesses. And the panicked wildebeests are running right toward them. Suddenly, the other lionesses spring into action. They jump up into a run and select their target: a lone wildebeest that has separated from the herd. The lioness that reaches the wildebeest first sinks her claws into its backside. The wildebeest bucks in an attempt to shake the lioness off, but it''s no use. The wildebeest is one of the largest species--or types--of antelope, weighing up to six hundred pounds. But the lioness is strong. The wildebeest is pulled to the ground. Now a second lioness arrives and delivers the killing blow: a sure and swift bite to the throat. The wildebeest''s death may seem brutal. But lions and their cubs need meat to survive. Predators, like lions, must hunt and kill prey, like wildebeests. As the lions feast on their fresh kill, smaller carnivores (meat eaters), like jackals, wait in the background. Vultures circle overhead. After the lions have had their fill, the jackals and the vultures will swarm in to fight over the scraps. Soon, the wildebeest''s bones will be picked clean. When survival is at stake, nothing goes to waste. This is life in the Serengeti (say: sair-en-GET-ee), a wide, grassy plain in the east-central African nation of Tanzania. Serengeti National Park was established in 1951. It covers an area of 5,700 square miles--about the size of Connecticut. Soon after the park was founded, elephants began moving back to the Serengeti. They had not been in the area for many years, having been driven out by hunters. Today, there are thousands of elephants on the Serengeti Plain. The area is also home to as many as two million wildebeests, four thousand lions, and a wide variety of other animals, including zebras, gazelles, giraffes, leopards, and hyenas. With all these animals, the Serengeti holds the highest concentration of large game and predators on earth. (That means the greatest number of these animals are living in the smallest area.) In 1981, the Serengeti was named a World Heritage Site by the United Nations. It is a place "of outstanding universal value" to humankind. The Grand Canyon in the United States and the Great Barrier Reef in Australia are other World Heritage Sites. Today, no people--except for a few scientists and park rangers--are allowed to live in Serengeti National Park. It is a wild and special place, practically untouched by humans, and ruled by great beasts. Chapter 1: Endless Plains and Mountain Islands In the language of the local Maasai people (say: ma-SIGH), Serengeti means "endless plains" or "extended place." The Maasai arrived here from Kenya, to the north, about three hundred years ago. They used the grasslands to graze their cattle. There are around two hundred species of grass on the Serengeti Plain. There are short grasslands in the south and east, with taller grasslands in the west. Millions of animals--wildebeests, zebras, buffalo--graze here. A single elephant can eat six hundred pounds of grass in a day! The Serengeti''s vegetation feeds the largest herds of animals on the planet. To the north and west is the savanna, grasslands with trees here and there. Some areas of the savanna are more heavily forested. Here, only giraffes can feed on the tallest leaves in the trees. A number of small rivers, lakes, and swamps dot the park. The Serengeti lies just a couple of hundred miles south of the equator. The equator is an imaginary line that divides the earth into northern and southern halves. Areas around the equator receive more year-round direct sunlight than anywhere else on the planet. These places don''t experience four distinct seasons--winter, spring, summer, and fall--like other areas around the world. There are basically two seasons in the Serengeti: a rainy one and a dry one. During the rainy season, from about October through May, it might rain twenty-two days in a month. Around thirty-three inches of rain will fall during the rainy season. From June to September, it rains only about five inches total--with as few as six rainy days each month. Areas in the northern Serengeti are the wettest, with about fifty-five inches of annual rainfall. The southeastern short-grass plains are the driest. The Serengeti is a high plain--between three thousand and six thousand feet above sea level. Because of this, temperatures can get a bit cool at night--between 57

Details ISBN152479256X Author Manuel Gutierrez Pages 112 Year 2019 ISBN-10 152479256X ISBN-13 9781524792565 Format Paperback Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Series Where Is? Language English Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc Imprint Penguin Workshop DEWEY 591.967827 Audience Age 8-12 Illustrator Manuel Gutierrez UK Release Date 2019-07-16 Publication Date 2019-07-16 US Release Date 2019-07-16 Narrator Simon Russell Beale Birth 1927 Affiliation Lecturer, University of Fort Hare Position Professor Qualifications J.D. Audience Children / Juvenile NZ Release Date 2019-07-15 AU Release Date 2019-07-15 We've got this

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