He miliona wildebeest… kēlā me kēia i hoʻokele ʻia e ka mele kahiko like, e hoʻokō ana i kāna kuleana kūlohelohe i loko o ke kaʻapuni ola hiki ʻole ke pale ʻia: he hoʻokūkū ʻekolu pule o ka lanakila ʻāina a me ka male ʻana; ke ola ʻana o ka mea kūpono loa i ka wā e luʻu ai nā kolamu 40km (25 mile) ka lōʻihi i loko o nā wai i piha i nā koloka i ka hele makahiki ʻākau; hoʻopiha hou i nā ʻano i loko o kahi pahū pōkole o ka heluna kanaka e hoʻopuka ana ma mua o 8,000 mau keiki bipi i kēlā me kēia lā ma mua o ka hoʻomaka hou ʻana o ka huakaʻi haipule 1,000 km (600 mile).
ʻO ka paka aupuni kahiko loa a kaulana loa o Tanzania, he kahua hoʻoilina honua hoʻi a ua hoʻolaha ʻia nei he World Wide Wonder, ua kaulana ʻo Serengeti no kona neʻe ʻana i kēlā me kēia makahiki, i ka wā e paʻi ai kekahi mau ʻeono miliona kapuaʻi wāwae i nā pāpū ākea, ʻoiai ʻoi aku ma mua o 200,000 zebra a me 300,000 Thomson's gazelle e hui pū ana me ka wildebeest no ka ʻai hou. Akā naʻe, ʻoiai ke mālie ka neʻe ʻana, hāʻawi ʻo Serengeti i ka nānā ʻana i nā holoholona hihiu ʻoi loa ma ʻApelika: nā pua nui o ka buffalo, nā hui liʻiliʻi o ka elepani a me ke giraffe, a me nā tausani o ka eland, topi, kongoni, impala a me ka gazelle a Grant.
ʻO ka hiʻohiʻona o ka mea ʻaihue e kūʻē i ka mea pio e noho aliʻi ana ma ka paka nui loa o Tanzania. Haʻaheo ka liona gula-maned i ka nui o nā mea ʻai holoholona ma ke kula. Hoʻopuni nā leopadi mehameha i nā lāʻau acacia e laina ana i ka muliwai ʻo Seronera, ʻoiai he nui ka nui o nā cheetah e holoholo ana ma nā pāpū hikina hema. ʻO kahi mea kūikawā, ʻike ʻia nā ʻano ʻīlio ʻApelika ʻekolu ma ʻaneʻi, me ka hyena kiko a me kahi lehulehu o nā mea ʻaihue liʻiliʻi paʻakikī, mai ka aardwolf insectivorous a hiki i ka pōpoki serval nani.
Akā, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā mea e pili ana iā Serengeti ma mua o nā mammals nui. Hoʻokūkū nā moʻo agama nani a me nā hyraxes pōhaku a puni nā ʻili o nā kopjes granite kaʻawale o ka paka. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia he 100 mau ʻano o ka ʻōpala lepo, a me nā ʻano manu he 500 a ʻoi, mai ka ostrich nui a me ka manu kākau ʻōlelo kupanaha o ka mauʻu ākea, a hiki i nā ʻaeto ʻeleʻele e lele mālie ana ma luna o nā puʻu Lobo.
E like me ke kūpaʻa o ka nānā ʻana i nā pāʻani, ʻo ia ka manaʻo hoʻokuʻu o ka lewa e hōʻike ana i nā Serengeti Plains, e pālahalaha ana ma waena o ka savannah i puhi ʻia i ka lā a hiki i kahi ʻaoʻao gula ʻālohilohi ma ka hopena o ka honua. Akā naʻe, ma hope o ka ua, ua hoʻololi ʻia kēia ākea gula o ka mauʻu i kahi kāpeti ʻōmaʻomaʻo pau ʻole i piha i nā pua hihiu. A aia pū kekahi mau puʻu ulu lāʻau a me nā puʻu termite kiʻekiʻe, nā muliwai i hoʻopuni ʻia me nā lāʻau fiku a me ka ululāʻau acacia i hoʻoluʻu ʻia i ka ʻalani e ka lepo. He mea kaulana paha ka Serengeti, akā ua nui loa ia a ʻo ʻoe wale nō ka poʻe hoʻolohe kanaka i ka wā e hoʻolālā ai kahi pūʻali liona i kahi hoʻopuni ʻana, e kālele ana me ka wiwo ʻole i kāna ʻai aʻe.
