Lions from Botswana

[KM600]

(09-26-2023, 02:28 AM)BA0701 Wrote:

(09-26-2023, 02:13 AM)KM600 Wrote:

(09-26-2023, 12:57 AM)BA0701 Wrote: Interesting video, outlining Sekekama's history, how he took over the Marsh Pride, etc..., just popped into my YT feed, say the video was released 13 days ago.

This has to be one of the most misinforming videos I’ve ever come across, pretty much every topic he covered was either completely false or fabricated. TornNose is made out to be some second-in-command, when in reality there’s never a huge gap in dominance between duos compared to bigger coalitions, the narrator completely leaves out the 3 other brothers of Sekekama and TornNose aswell. Claims Matsumi sister’s sired cubs are illegitimate despite her being a pride female which further leads up to his weird obsession between Sekekama and Matsumi. Could go on and on but it doesn’t help how little info there is about Sekekama yet ppl making videos of bs, there’s Sekekama based videos on the ‘Mapogo - Lions of Sabi Sands’ channel and that info is genuinely reliable.

That is very helpful information. While admitting my knowledge of Sekekama is more or less limited to what was provided in SK, and some of the narrative in this video seemed off from my understand of lion behavior (the aforementioned relationship between Sekekama and the females, namely Matsumi), but we do not receive many updates on those lions, short of your recent posts, which makes it difficult to discern fact from fiction. I will update my post so that we are not seen to be disseminating false information.

Very thankful for SK, not only for helping introduce Sekekama and TornNose to so many of us but also the area of Botswana as a whole. I think reports from the area will continue to improve, with Sekekama and TornNose being the ‘superstars’ if u will of Savuti and their legacy is very much intact which will generate great interest, I’m sure. Was actually trying to count the amount of sons, sired by Sekekama and TornNose that have reached independence, final number was between 13 - 18. Ones in question are the 2 Machabe males, Tsunami and possibly Gaam as well as the apparent 2 young Marsh Pride males that were forced to leave after the Mababe took over. This number of males sired that have reached independence, is more than most legendary coalitions, obviously a different area to let’s say the Mapogo lions but a great statistic nonetheless. Reply