Millions, including elephants, buffaloes, ostriches, lions, giraffes ., happened to be found across southern Sudan, possibly the largest migrations of animals on the planet. .
The Tiang antelope herd in the southern region of Boma National Park.(Photo: LiveScience)
Such giant beasts are thought to have disappeared after decades of civil war in this land, and for the last 25 years, there has never been a survey of wild life here.
After southern Sudan was granted autonomy by the government in 2005, scientists can conduct aviation investigations in the grassland on wildlife.
Sudd elephants in the lagoon full of.(Photo: LiveScience)
And they were amazed to count more than 1.2 million white-eared antelopes, tiang antelopes and antelopes Mongalla, along with at least 8,000 elephants.
"I have never seen such a scene, even in the famous Serengeti plain (in Tanzania)," said J. Michael Fay, a conservationist of the Wildlife Conservation Society.
The migration of white-eared antelope flock on Kangen River, Boma National Park. (Photo: LiveScience)"It's like the ground is shaking , " Fay said. He estimates that this migration must be at least the third largest among terrestrial animals, perhaps even the largest.
Ostrich migration on the steppe in Loeli area (Photo: LiveScience)
The survey was conducted on a quarter of the southern Sudan area.
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