Researchers monitored the migration of about 6 million antelope in South Sudan, where they travel huge distances in search of pastures.
A study conducted by the Government of South Sudan and African Parks documented the world’s largest wildebeest migration in eastern South Sudan.
The study found that the region is witnessing an unprecedented migration of antelope, as these animals travel vast distances in search of food.
“South Sudan is witnessing the largest mammalian migration in the world today,” said Larry McGillivy of African Parks, which published the study.
He explained that the researchers monitored the animals from aircraft, and took and analyzed 60,000 images, covering an area of 120,000 square kilometers.
The migration area includes the floodplain savannah of the White Nile, and the antelope crosses the eastern regions of South Sudan to the western part of Ethiopia, where the Gambella Nature Reserve is located.
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