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Lions of Timbavati

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Giraffe pride killed a giraffe and the 2 Xikukutsu males arrived and chased them off. Later the day the 2 males also disappeared and the hyenas took over.


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The Xikukutsu male and one of the old Avoca/Giraffe males...
Photo credits to: Ziggi Hugo and Johan Adolf Smalman
Timbavati-Shindzela Tented Camp,Posted: 20.09.2020 and 05.05.2016.

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The scar face male, last of the Trilogy coalition. Currently mating with one of the young Monwana pride females.
Photo credit to: Darrel Camden-Smith
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One of the two Ross males walking through the Open road with the White Lion!
Photo credit to: Shaun Marshall
KNP,Posted: 20.09.2020 "OLD PHOTO"


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The bigger mane of the Xikukutsu males a couple of weeks ago at Thornybush Game Reserve...
still in the process to took the control over the Monwana pride.

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The white female of the Birmingham pride at Umlani Bushcamp
Timbavati,Sept.,2020.
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A recent video of the Monwana males with the Giraffe pride at Kambaku Lodges.
These two boys still are in the process to took-over the pride and establish the dominance on Timbavati area...
[video=facebook]https://www.facebook.com/kambakulodge/videos/671847326776508/[/video]
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Giraffe pride is back with the two new dominant males.

The females still seem a little apprehensive towards the males, but it does explain why these two boys have been so quiet lately !!




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You must take full advantage of it.
This image was shot at a 10th of a second.
Now this is extremely slow but with a static subject and a very steady camera the results are just phenomenal. "


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One of the Ross males in the early morning light staring at his brother as he walks away into the distance.
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One of the male lions from the Birmingham coalition drinking from a seasonal pan that has filled up during the recent summer rains.
Timbavati,Jan 27.,2013.
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One of the five brothers that we have recently been seeing. A stunning creature. 
Timbavati,October 24.,2014.
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Skorro of the Thanda impi coalition with one of the cubs of the Birmingham pride (2014)
Timbavati,August 04.,2014.
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One of the Mbiri males also referred as "younger" or "smaller"
Brilliant Lion sighting seen recently on the S145.
They were on a Buffalo kill.
When plenty of food is available, lions stuff themselves with food into near immobility (being unable to move around). That's why you'll see them next to a kill for a while and immobile.
Tinged by Pam
November 2016.

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Black Dam breakaways in good shape 





Few intresting comments by lodge under the video:

"The six young males that grew up in this pride are now three years old, and will in all probability stay together as a coalition. Their pride male, the Giraffe male, has not been seen in several months, which allowed the young males to stay in their natal territory."

"Correct. He was fathered by one of the two dominant males at the time (Ring and Ghana). Thornybush was still a fenced-in system then. Both his fathers were killed by Buffalo on separate occasions."  Irony that BD male was gorged as well.

"The Blackdam male was a dominant male of this pride, and was ousted just over three years ago by the Giraffe male (From the giraffe pride). The Blackdam male then moved north and east, and became the dominant male of the Giraffe pride. So, essentially the two males swopped prides. The Giraffe male is the farther of the six young males, but has been missing for several months. The Blackdam male died in the Timbavati Game reserve, and we have received reports that he was killed by rival males. We are not too familiar with these details, as it happened outside our area of operation. Thanks for all the interest."
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