History's most brutal killers, the Majingilane Male Lions

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(05-02-2015, 11:18 AM)'sanjay' Wrote: Here is whole story from an eye witness from fb page of Lions of Sabi sand about the post I made related to killing of last Ximhungwe Lioness-

Quote:WARNING GRAPHIC (as you can imagine)
Rob has asked me to share the story..........
People seem to want all the details so here goes:
We were sitting in the dark watching the ximhungwe pride trying to hunt but the bright moonlight gave the young pride members away to the impala and wildebeest. The alarm calls of the disturbed herbivores attracted the attention of the two Othawa lionesses and two majingilane males that were the other side of the hill. The radio call came in that the other lions were approaching so Fred, Okker and myself waited with the ximhungwe as they regrouped after their hunt. For a while nothing happened and I moved back to the road to find the two othawas stalking towards the ximhungwe. All the vehicles turned off the lights and we waited. The othawas could be seen easily in the moonlight as the started running into the clearing towards the others. As we followed the lionesses the two males also came out of the tree line. The younger ximhungwe lions ran as the older lioness stayed to face the oncoming lionesses. The two males ran after the youngsters as the othawas first hesitated before attacking the older ximhungwe lioness who was already limping. One male returned to the action and broke up the fight allowing the ximhungwe lioness to run off. Th othawas gave chase with the male behind them. Catching up with the limping lioness the othawas attacked again and took her to the ground. The male again tried to intervene but the injured lioness lashed out at him too causing him to retaliate and put her in a strangle hold. The second majingilane (dark mane) then returned and pulled his brother off the dying lioness and gave him a beating but by that time it was too late. her back was broken and she was losing blood fast. We left them as she lay dying, her would be rescuer roaring softly beside her.
 

You can feel the feeling the story have, Too sad.
Source and credit to Lions of Sabi sand fb page

 

 

So it wasn't just that the males tried to kill her, the story now makes more sense. In one of the comments in the facebook page, I read that the Ottawas have new cubs, which can explain their territorial behaviour.
At least the boys tried to help her..
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