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Today's destination is the Marariver, which is the Mara River. The total length of the Mara River www.biquge.info is 395 kilometers. The basin covers an area of 13,504 square kilometres, of which 60% is located in Kenya and 40% in Tanzania. The river originates in the rainy mountains of Kenya and never flows even during the dry season.

During one of the world's most spectacular wildlife migrations that take place each year, wildlife crosses the Mara River and travels back and forth between the Masai Mara National Park in Kenya and the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. This is known as the crossing of the Mara or the crossing of the kingdom of heaven.

I met several elephants on the way---- African adult elephants, and the adult male is generally 3 in height. 8 meters (the current highest is 4.) 2 meters). The lightest weighs about 5 tons, and the largest weighs 11 tons. I heard that the highest record was a male with a height of 420 cm and a weight of 11. 75 tons.

There are two types of African elephants: the African savannah elephant and the African forest elephant. The common African savannah elephant has large ears and pointed lower parts, and both males and females have long, curved tusks, and are very irritable and will actively attack other animals.

The famous war elephants of the ancient Carthaginian kingdom in history are this kind of African elephants, when the famous general Hannibal led his soldiers to ride North African elephants over the mountains and mountains to the Roman frontier. This thing is used as a mount, and the lethality is estimated to be really fierce.

When I encountered a plane on the side of the road that was landing, it turned out that the plane did not necessarily have to go on the concrete floor, but also on the grassland. There is no waiting building, no ticket office, just one toilet and two cars. There were no service personnel, no security checks, and two soldiers with guns on their shoulders handled all airport affairs.

Masaimara Wildlife Sanctuary covers an area of 1,670 square kilometers. Coming in from the north entrance, driving south on the boundless grassland, it took two or three hours to reach the top of the road, it was too big.

When you encounter a car stuck on the side of the road, this is a deep grass area. The height of the grass is shoulder high. The beast can't be seen even if it runs nearby. When I was thinking about the risk of stopping to help, I saw three or four white men sitting in the window, and I didn't dare to get out of the car and push it for fear of death! Tell the driver to ignore them and move on.

The place where the Mara River crosses is at the junction of Kenya and Tanzania. Walking here, I saw a border monument between the two countries, which means that it is very close to the destination. K stands for Kenya and t stands for Tanzania. Therefore, I am now smuggled into Tanzania without visa permission.

Walk to a cross-border checkpoint on the border between the two countries. There are bones on the walls, buffalo, oryx. But I don't see what it is in the middle. Hippopotamus? Not like. Judah pig? It's too big. Rhinoceros? Not like. Could it be a dinosaur?! It's a bit like a triceratops jaw! Encountering a chameleon, is this the prototype of Spider-Man?

At noon, I stopped under the tree to rest, got some dry food to eat, and lost a little to feed a lizard next to me. As a result, a flock of African sparrows came out less than three minutes ago, and suddenly another mouse ran out to grab food. And just beside Yunluo, mice, lizards, and sparrows are all not afraid of people.

I tried to throw the bread at my feet, but the guy was not afraid of people and all of them came running. Feed them by hand in the back and eat them too! These are the animals in the reserve, because no one will hurt them, so they are not afraid of people in the long run. Think about the sparrow in my hometown, which one dares to eat in people's hands? The gap is huge.

See the other little ones have something to eat. These two guys also ran over to watch the gluttony. Yunluo thought it was a weasel, but when he asked, it was called an African hyrax. However, the courage is not as big as sparrows and mice, and they dare not come from afar.

There is a piece of primary school textbook called "Sewing Bird" after 70-80, I don't know if I can afford to remember it well, this is the bird's nest written in the book, in fact, the sparrow that Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi saw was one of them. There are about 145 species of these birds, which live mainly in Africa, Australia and South Asia. The scientific name of this phenomenon seen in Africa is: the Eurasian tree sparrow.

When you arrive, this is the famous Mara River. The first thing you see is a rapids beach, with a few hippos lying in the sun.

You can get off the car and hike to the Mara River. But at the same time, it's quite dangerous. Hippos, crocodiles. They are all found by the river, and they are not easy to spot for the inexperienced. Therefore, the soldier carried a gun to lead the way, one is to prevent animals, and the other is to supervise the behavior of tourists. Maybe you thought you were just going to the river to wash your hands.

Suddenly, a giant crocodile will pop up and drag you into the water! It's not an alarmist, everyone should have seen this scene n times in "Animal World". It's just that it may be a wildebeest that is being dragged into the water.

I talked to the guard for a long time, and got his gun for five dollars. Hey! Brother Black Soldier, don't worry, go to the hall to pull the trigger and shoot the clouds or the ground! AK-47 --- artifact of the dreams of men all over the world, and it feels really confident to hold it in your hand. There was a large crocodile fifteen meters behind him. Here you go! Try if brother doesn't give you a strafing shot.

This section enters the slow-flowing zone, and further on there is the water area where the "crossing of the Mara River" often occurs. The yellow river is full of crocodiles and hippos. Just count the clouds and fall, and there are more than a dozen of them that you can see as far as your eyes can see.

A hippopotamus brother stared at Yunluo fiercely. This section is the water area of the "Crossing of the Mara River", can you see the lurking crocodiles? Zoom in and see it, it's the same color as the stone, and the inexperienced person won't notice it when he walks to the side.

The name of the Nile crocodile is derived from the Greek word krokodeilosniloticus. Meaning the Nile is a large crocodile. The Nile crocodile is very strong and has a powerful tail that helps in swimming.

An adult Nile crocodile can weigh up to a ton. The Nile crocodile is found in the Nile River basin and southeastern parts of Africa, and its shadow can be found in most of Africa. However, in terms of quantity, there is no body of water that can compare with the density of Mara's crossing, and there is a lot of fat here.

Wait, wait, wait, wait for a long time, no wildebeest herd appeared. Looks like I'm out of luck today! "Mara's crossing" is not something that can be seen every day and every hour. They will not act collectively until tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of wildebeest are too crowded to reach the shore. It seems that I can't see anything like this today.

To show what it looks like, here are three photos of someone else caught. Copyright Notice, this photo, the next photo, the next photo is borrowed from someone else's land, there is no 'bluephantom' copyright.

During the annual migration, the Mara River is the last river that wildebeest must cross, and crossing it means survival; Otherwise. Most of them will die from lack of grass and water. In the seemingly calm waters of the river, huge, ferocious Nile crocodiles and African hippos await a hearty meal with their eyes wide open.

And thousands of wildebeest rushed into the river in a suicidal posture from the crocodile's bloody mouth, and forced their way into the river one after another. Therefore, the shocking "Crossing of the Mara River" will stage wild and tragic moments every year.

Every time you cross the river, there are a huge number of wildebeests that are eaten by crocodiles. Many will be swept away by the river and drowned. A brother ran to the river to shoot hippos and fight. Be careful, buddy, don't let the crocodile pop out and drag it away.

There was a bunch of guards' guns under the shade of the trees by the river, and it seemed that there were quite a few armed guards. Change to an insas. This feeling is really much worse than AK47, maybe it's a psychological effect. If you're willing to spend money in Africa, it's estimated that these black soldiers can sell you a magazine of bullets to shoot!

I had to leave the reserve before dark at six o'clock, and it was still a long way to return, so I walked back at three or four o'clock in the afternoon. Walk all the way to find the beast, which is to climb to the roof of the car to shine on the ground. This area is in the deep grass. Some of the grass is taller than a cart. The grass of the masai grassland is different from one area to another.

This also increases the difficulty of discovering the beast, where are you, Brother Lion! Hurry up and get out. It should be noted that the beasts are basically inactive during the day, and it is almost impossible to see them hunting for a few hours during the noon hours. The vast majority of the hunt starts in the evening and goes into the middle of the night, which should not be misled by television.

What is the name of this bird "Purple Ferfasen". I don't know if the transliteration is right, and I'm not afraid of people, it's beautiful! When encountering a large herd of elephants, more than a dozen were distributed on both sides of the road.

There are one big and one small here. Elephants are being watched. The car braked suddenly. A bunch of springboks popped out of the grass on the side of the road, and it almost caused a traffic accident. These guys bounce amazingly. The jump height is one person high, and a jump is about three to four meters away, and the one in the upper left corner is exactly in the air.

Another lone giraffe was encountered on the side of the road. A herd of buffalo appears, one of the five tyrants of the steppe. The Five of the Prairies: Lions, Elephants, Buffaloes. Rhinos, leopards.

In addition, the hippos and crocodiles in the water should be called the African Animal Seven! Africa's Seven Tyrants! The ranking from highest to lowest in terms of bravery and combat effectiveness that Yunluo has seen with his own eyes should be: lions, hippos, crocodiles, and buffaloes. Elephants, rhinos, cheetahs.

Let's talk about why Yunluo is ranked like this. Lion, the king of beasts: The undisputed boss who can eat everything except hippos and crocodiles. Hippopotamus: Almost no animal can eat it, and its aggressiveness is quite high, completely inconsistent with its appearance. The crocodile doesn't need to be explained, but why Yunluo lined the buffalo in front of the elephant.

This is the bull-elephant battle that I saw with my own eyes at Treetops all night later, and the courage and combat effectiveness of the buffalo are quite shocking! Can you think of a buffalo herding several elephants four times its size into the running area? Recall that far more people die under the horns of cattle than from the mouths of lions in Africa every year.

In the end, rhinos are actually very docile. The cheetah, on the other hand, is about the size of a large dog, and it is also timid, and in the grasslands it can only prey on the smallest gazelles.

The best part of the trip began: after an hour of searching for the lions. Finally, at about five o'clock in the afternoon, under the shade of a tree in a shallow grass area, a group of lions, six or seven, was found, but the fellows were lazy and did not move. Coincidentally, I just saw the herd of buffaloes.

After the cattle blocked Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi's way, they crossed an off-road road pressed out by the safari car. There was a cow eating grass, so happy to fall behind! Alone on the other side of the road, grazing with his head down, he seemed to have no idea that he had been left alone, let alone being targeted by lions.

Seeing the lone buffalo, the leading lion stood up and began to slowly move towards the opposite side of the road where the cow was.

The guys are very smart, and they pretend to walk around when they are far away from the cow so as not to alarm it. These are the two lions in front of them who have walked on the cross-country trail, and the oxen are on this side of the road. Several safari cars were called over the radio to watch. Because he was accustomed to seeing cars to safari, the lion almost ignored Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi as nothing.

After the two guys passed the driveway, in order not to disturb the prey, they stopped on the side of the road and waited for the opportunity. When the third one arrived, the three lions stared fiercely at the buffalo. Its expression is best described as salivating!

I wonder if the buffalo noticed it and started moving in the opposite direction. The three guys immediately lay down and let each other relax their vigilance. The buffalo continues to graze with its butt facing the lion. At this time, a lion began to move and approached the buffalo.

The other two continue to stand still, waiting for the lion's signal! The lion cat slowly approached with his waist down. The other end also stood up, ready to act. In this panorama, you can see the relationship between the position of the lion and the cow, and the black dot in the middle of the three trees on the right of the picture is the cow. It started out where the lion is now, and now it's a little farther away.

At this time, it suddenly became clear that from the other direction, the fourth and fifth lions appeared from the opposite direction to outflank. Quite strategic! The cat slowly approached, staring at the buffalo with its eyes.

That's when the most depressing thing happened. Out of nowhere, a safarijeep suddenly ran out, and in order to shoot the lion, he actually drove to the side of the lion. This seemed to attract the attention of the cow, and when it saw it, it began to flee in the opposite direction into the woods. The lion could only look disappointedly at the meat that almost reached its mouth and went farther and farther. I must be scolding in my heart: Which Erlenzi is driving this car!

This is a male lion. Lions are polygamous, and most of the hunting is done by the females, who generally only watch and wait for the meat to eat. They only occasionally strike when dealing with big creatures like elephants. Once you make a move, it's hugely powerful.

This is a lioness with a lion cub, a very warm feeling, suddenly reminiscent of the little star bus in "The Lion King". Give the little guy a close-up, very cute!

His eyes were fixed on the lions, and before he knew it, the sun was about to set. I got up at half past four in the morning today, and I feel that it has been wonderful all the time, and I really hope that today's sun will never set when I look at the sunset in the sky! Masai Mara, too much wonderful, too much beautiful!

Today's goal is to find the second beauty of National Geographic: the flock of flamingos. Set off in the morning and march towards the rising sun. Two black men stood on a pickup truck in front of them, and the red dust was billowing behind the car, and a silhouette effect was taken against the light. I found a kind of artistic conception of "lonely smoke in the desert, sunset on the long river, and a ride on the dust"!

The desert is lonely, and it is unbeatable! (To be continued.) )

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