The Serengeti National Park

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Did you know that the Serengeti National Park in Africa is one of the greatest wildlife preserves in the world. Serengeti National Park covers 5,700 square miles, an area about the size of Connecticut. The park is located in the Northern part of Tanzania; one section of it extended almost the Lake Victoria. All five of the following Alaina's, formerly known as big-game animals, are protected in this Park water buffalo, lions, elephants, rhinos, and leopards. The Serengeti also contains wildebeests, cheetahs, and zebras, and many other animals make their homes in this massive wildlife preserve too. The wildebeests played a most unique role in the balance of nature throughout the park: herds migrate complete around the park each year; many in

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