If you are not sure entirely where the Serengeti is located, start by checking out
its website.
The Serengeti may cover a huge geographical area but we learn from this fascinatiing
BBC Four documentary that it has a surprisingly delicate ecology. Here we see numerous species of herbivores sharing the same space without impinging on each other; giraffes eat the leaves from the tops of trees, while antelope nibble lower down. The same cannot of course be said of the lions who prey on the wildebeest and indeed anything else they can sink their jaws into.
Other predators who must be avoided by the Serengeti's timid folk include the crocodiles that lurk in not-so-deep water anytime the herds come to drink,
Although the Serengeti does a marvellous job of managing itself, the joker in the pack is of course that predator that goes on two legs. That problem has been raised before, including
here, the question is not do we recognise it, but what are we going to do to halt our constant encroachment on the Seregeti, and the other remaining great wildernesses of this planet? Whatever it is, we'd better do it PDQ.
