A herd of alert plains zebras and blue wildebeest drinking at a river, Kruger National Park, South Africa

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Wildlife of the North The Cookson’s Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus cooksoni), also known as the Luangwa wildebeest, is native to the Luangwa Valley and is a subspecies of the blue wildebeest. The Cookson’s Wildebeest usually breeds towards the end of the rainy season, with calving happening after approximately 8.5 months of gestation. Herd sizes usually average around 30 individuals, but larger numbers commonly gather. They are herbivorous grazers, meaning that they mainly eat grass. However,

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