Two Blue Wildebeest With A Western Cattle Egret At Their Feet In An Open Field In The Okavango Delta In Botswana, Africa. Royalty-Free Stock Photo

Pictured are two blue wildebeest with a western cattle egret at their feet in an open field in the Okavango Delta in Botswana, Africa. The bush is in the background. Major predators that feed on wildebeest include the lion, hyena, African wild dog, cheetah, leopard, and Nile crocodile. Wildebeest are very strong and can inflict considerable injury, even to a lion. Their primary defensive tactic is herding, where the young animals are protected by the older, larger ones, while the herd runs as a group. Wildebeest have a maximum running speed of around fifty miles per hour. The photograph was taken from a safari vehicle based at the Atzaro Okavango Camp. The binomial name is Connochaetes taurinus.