Editing Wildebeest (section)

===Interactions with nonpredators===
[[Zebra]]s and wildebeest group together in open savannah environments with high chances of predation. This grouping strategy reduces predation risk because larger groups decrease each individual's chance of being hunted, and predators are more easily seen in open areas.<ref name=Thaker>{{cite journal|last=Thaker|first=Maria|author2=Abi T. Vanak |author3=Cailey R. Owen |author4=Monika B. Ogden |author5=Rob Slotow |title=Group Dynamics of Zebra and Wildebeest in a Woodland Savanna: Effects of Predation Risk and Habitat Density|journal=PLOS ONE|year=2010|volume=5|issue=9|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0012758|editor1-last=Getz|editor1-first=Wayne M.|pages=e12758|pmid=20862216|pmc=2942830|bibcode=2010PLoSO...512758T|doi-access=free}}</ref> The seasonal presence of thousands of migratory wildebeests reduces local lion predation on giraffe calves, resulting in greater survival of giraffes.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Lee|first1=Derek E.|last2=Kissui|first2=Bernard M.|last3=Kiwango|first3=Yustina A.|last4=Bond|first4=Monica L.|date=2016-10-01|title=Migratory herds of wildebeests and zebras indirectly affect calf survival of giraffes|journal=Ecology and Evolution|volume=6|issue=23|language=en|pages=8402–8411|doi=10.1002/ece3.2561|pmid=28031792|pmc=5167056|issn=2045-7758}}</ref>

Wildebeest can also listen in on the alarm calls of other species, and by doing so, can reduce their risk of predation. One study showed, along with other ungulates, wildebeests responded more strongly to the baboon alarm calls compared to the baboon contest calls, though both types of calls had similar patterns, amplitudes, and durations. The alarm calls were a response of the baboons to lions, and the contest calls were recorded when a dispute between two males occurred.<ref name=Kitchen>{{cite journal|last=Kitchen|first=Dawn M.|author2=Thore J. Berman |author3=Dorothy L. Cheney |author4=James R. Nicholson |author5=Robert M. Seyfarth |title=Comparing Responses of Four Ungulate Species to Playbacks of Baboon Alarm Calls|journal=Animal Cognition|year=2010|volume=13|issue=6|pages=861–870|doi=10.1007/s10071-010-0334-9|pmid=20607576|s2cid=5736705}}</ref> Wildebeest compete with domesticated livestock for pasture and are sometimes blamed by farmers for transferring diseases and parasites to their cattle.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Wildebeests in Africa! Visit Africa|url=https://visitafrica.site/wildebeests-in-africa.html|access-date=2021-02-25|website=visitafrica.site|language=en-GB|archive-date=4 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304152326/https://visitafrica.site/wildebeests-in-africa.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>