My own largely-failed –so far!– time lapse experiments are inspired by this sort of work, a unique combination of telephoto video clips and wide-angle time-lapse sequences by Will & Matt Burrard-Lucas of the annual wildebeest migration in the Masai Mara and Serengeti.
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/20761107]There’s more about this 1.5 million animal migration on their blog here.