they’re setting off
on the greatest overland trek made by
any animal
but wherever grass eaters travel
predators
lie in wait
here they are arctic wolves
they must seize their chance while the
caribou pass through their territory
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the wolf runs at the herd trying to
flash out the weak or the slow
a calf is separated
at full tilt 40 miles an hour the wolf
is just faster
but the calf has stamina
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only a few weeks old and this calf’s
will to survive
is remarkable
and it needs to be for these young
caribou
have now started a journey that will
last a lifetime
forever chasing the seasonal growth of
the grass
on which they depend
like all grassland creatures they are at
the mercy of these
unpredictable but ultimately bountiful
mans
grass can survive some of the harshest
conditions on earth
flood fire and frost and still
flourish
so it is the grasslands provide a stage
for the greatest gatherings of wildlife
on planet earth
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