Lion tales

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2009 - 2010

Glimpse of Mapogo males competition for mating rights in Ximungwe pride

October 2009

The lion sightings have been phenomenal this month at Savanna. The excitement kicked off with the Ximungwe Pride and 4 of the Mpogo killing 3 buffalo just outside the camp. With full tummies, mating started with 3 of the Ximungwe again. For the past few months, the guides have been anticipating lion cubs from the Ximungwe Pride however this is obviously not the case as they are still mating on a regular basis. Hopefully the females will fall pregnant soon. With the mating in progress, there was quite a lot of interaction between the males and on one morning, a huge fight started between two of the males over a female who was trying to play the field, however, more damage was done to the males’ pride (excuse the pun!) than bodily harm.

January 2010

Two of the Mapogo disagreed over the Ximungwe females, however unfortunately, the actual incident was not seen by any of the guides, but as the photograph shows, they definitely made contact, and this particular male seems to have been the loser. Over the past several months there have been plenty of short, sharp altercations, but with nothing more than egos dented or a blood nose or lip. One would have thought that a hierarchy structure would have developed by now.

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