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Wildebeest Revives Dying Friend In This Heartwarming Video
Leon Lamb
First Posted: Dec 09, 2016 03:22 AM EST
A heart-warming video shows a wildebeest trying to revive his dying friend until the other comes back to its feet.
Fox News reported that tourist Bradley Ballantyne captured a video showing a tear-jerking friendship between two wildebeests. The stronger one tries to pick up his dying friend from the ground until the other was able to stand up and run.
Although the situation seemed hopeless at first, Ballantyne was amazed to see the dying animal back to its feet a few moments later.
"I kept recording, and to my amazement the 'dead' animal got to its feet and they both ran away," Ballantyne told the website, LatestSightings.Com. "The animals bolted past my car, I drove after them for a few seconds but they ran into thick bush and was unable to follow them."
This rare footage was taken by the 46-year-old while driving on a street at Martloth Park, just outside the famous Kruger National Park in South Africa.
This may look like a happy ending, but a tragic finish happened off-cam. According to Ballantyne, the weaker animal had to be euthanized by rangers "due to the extent of its injuries and its inability to walk properly."
Wildebeests are known for their spectacular migration around Serengeti and Masai Mara. With over a million of them traveling with a large zeal of zebras and a great herd of antelopes, these herbivores naturally cross these two countries to court, mate and birth.
Moreover, wildebeests can live up to 40 years, can run up to 40 miles per hour and can travel nearly 1,000 miles each year. Their predators include lions, cheetahs, hunting dogs and hyenas. When in luck, crocodiles may also feed on these horned species whenever they cross rivers and lakes during migration. This is also why wildebeests need to be cautious when they have to stop for a drink.
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First Posted: Dec 09, 2016 03:22 AM EST
A heart-warming video shows a wildebeest trying to revive his dying friend until the other comes back to its feet.
Fox News reported that tourist Bradley Ballantyne captured a video showing a tear-jerking friendship between two wildebeests. The stronger one tries to pick up his dying friend from the ground until the other was able to stand up and run.
Although the situation seemed hopeless at first, Ballantyne was amazed to see the dying animal back to its feet a few moments later.
"I kept recording, and to my amazement the 'dead' animal got to its feet and they both ran away," Ballantyne told the website, LatestSightings.Com. "The animals bolted past my car, I drove after them for a few seconds but they ran into thick bush and was unable to follow them."
This rare footage was taken by the 46-year-old while driving on a street at Martloth Park, just outside the famous Kruger National Park in South Africa.
This may look like a happy ending, but a tragic finish happened off-cam. According to Ballantyne, the weaker animal had to be euthanized by rangers "due to the extent of its injuries and its inability to walk properly."
Wildebeests are known for their spectacular migration around Serengeti and Masai Mara. With over a million of them traveling with a large zeal of zebras and a great herd of antelopes, these herbivores naturally cross these two countries to court, mate and birth.
Moreover, wildebeests can live up to 40 years, can run up to 40 miles per hour and can travel nearly 1,000 miles each year. Their predators include lions, cheetahs, hunting dogs and hyenas. When in luck, crocodiles may also feed on these horned species whenever they cross rivers and lakes during migration. This is also why wildebeests need to be cautious when they have to stop for a drink.
See Now: NASA's Juno Spacecraft's Rendezvous With Jupiter's Mammoth Cyclone