Sunday, March 13, 2016

Serengeti Plains

      The Serengeti Plains is a immensely vast field filled with various mammals on the battlefield of the greatest hunt. Trees and watering holes dot the landscape filled with tall grass.  Lions, zebras, giraffes, elephants and more roam this land grazing and hunting. This is the Savanna.
      Seven months of dry season scorches the plains as the animals migrate all across the plain looking for the next oasis. The other five months is rain season getting up to twenty five inches of rain per month. Thornbushes, cacti, elephant grass crowd the area hiding the lions preying on the gazelles. A breathtaking sun fills the sky from one of the closest vantage points on Earth at dawn and dusk. Wild, exotic creatures in their natural habitat will roar their unrestrained roar. This is the Savanna.

Not to be confused with Africa. Just like New York and Miami symbolize America, so does the African Savannah symbolize Africa. However, any informed traveller could point out that half of the U.S. is plains and farms. Likewise, lots of Africa is desert and rainforest. Of course, the Serengeti is the archetypal savanna.



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