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RE: Lions of Timbavati - 239Pu - 12-17-2020
Quote:The Blackdam Pride has been roaming over the western sections of the Greater Kruger Park in South-Africa for 20 years.
This video documents their recent history, since the takeover by the Giraffe Pride Male
RE: Lions of Timbavati - T I N O - 12-17-2020
(12-17-2020, 02:43 AM)239Pu Wrote:A very well documented pride in the Greater Kruger.
Quote:The Blackdam Pride has been roaming over the western sections of the Greater Kruger Park in South-Africa for 20 years.
This video documents their recent history, since the takeover by the Giraffe Pride Male
RE: Lions of Timbavati - T I N O - 12-17-2020
The smaller Mbiri male seen recently in the Kruger National Park
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RE: Lions of Timbavati - Potato - 12-17-2020
The two impressive Monwana males at RockFig Safari Lodge
Some good news comes from Walkers River Camp. Last week they've updated that one of the Giraffe lionesses has suckled marks.
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Image credits: Almero Klingenberg (Field Guide at RockFig Safari Lodge)
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RE: Lions of Timbavati - Potato - 12-17-2020
Monwana males roarin
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RE: Lions of Timbavati - Potato - 12-17-2020
Unbelievably this incredible shot features only HALF of the resident and mighty River pride! According to a local 4th generation landowner and guide, this 23-strong dynasty has ruled the same territory spanning the Klaserie river and Misava Safari Camp for as long as people have been here to document it - a staggering 90 years! Successive generations have been through highs and lows but the core genetics remain. It is truly fascinating to understand the dynamics of these social creatures and a blessing to watch them right now as they flourish
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RE: Lions of Timbavati - Potato - 12-17-2020
Ross males
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RE: Lions of Timbavati - T I N O - 12-17-2020
(12-17-2020, 08:14 PM)Potato Wrote: The two impressive Monwana males at RockFig Safari Lodge
Some good news comes from Walkers River Camp. Last week they've updated that one of the Giraffe lionesses has suckled marks.
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Image credits: Almero Klingenberg (Field Guide at RockFig Safari Lodge)
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What a strong duo they're going to be!
RE: Lions of Timbavati - T I N O - 12-17-2020
(12-17-2020, 08:21 PM)Potato Wrote: Unbelievably this incredible shot features only HALF of the resident and mighty River pride! According to a local 4th generation landowner and guide, this 23-strong dynasty has ruled the same territory spanning the Klaserie river and Misava Safari Camp for as long as people have been here to document it - a staggering 90 years! Successive generations have been through highs and lows but the core genetics remain. It is truly fascinating to understand the dynamics of these social creatures and a blessing to watch them right now as they flourishHosi and the River pride. The eldest sub-adults are 15 months old.
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RE: Lions of Timbavati - T I N O - 12-17-2020
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The beautiful Monwana males busy surveying their territory from the top of a dam wall.
Captured by Field Guide @almero.klingenberg
RE: Lions of Timbavati - T I N O - 12-18-2020
A recent sighting of the last Ross lioness at Tanda Tula
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RE: Lions of Timbavati - T I N O - 12-18-2020
The larger Mbiri male with the Skorro pride and the seven cubs.
What a gorgeous specimen he is!
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RE: Lions of Timbavati - T I N O - 12-18-2020
A Timbavati update - Ross lioness - Nharhu Males - Monwana and Giraffe pride
Our lion sightings were relatively good this weekend, with the Nharhu males being particularly evident in the east this week. We mostly caught up with the two closely-knitted boys as the limping male was off with the River Pride to the north of the concession. However, when the pride did return late in the week, he re-joined his two partners as the females carried on south and settled in the area that we are increasingly suspecting one of them has given birth in. Although we haven’t been able to confirm this by seeing suckle marks, the behaviour of the males, the pride and the presence of tracks for a single lioness moving in the area are causing us to think that it is more and more likely that she has given birth in the Machaton riverbed in the east. We will be sure to keep you posted on any updates should this be confirmed, and should the cubs show (although, this will only likely happen early in the new year).
The Ross lioness showed herself after a long absence, but her continued singledom seems certain proof that she is the sole surviving member of the once large pride. She was looking in good shape for a lone lioness but didn’t get herself into my good books as it was her arrival on the scene that caused a pack of 20-odd wild dogs to run off and disappear as I was making my way towards the area one afternoon. That being said, it was a fair consolation prize to get to spend some time with the Ross female. The Monwana males were seen a couple of times in the west, but one male looked to have quite a bad limp with his hip muscles looking very withered away. That being said, Ginger didn’t seem him move, so we are only assuming he is struggling, but perhaps it was just the way he was lying. Members of the Giraffe Pride were also reported in the area this week, but I didn’t venture west to see them.
RE: Lions of Timbavati - T I N O - 12-19-2020
Sadly she is the only remaining Ross lioness, the other female with cubs appears to have died during the year. She was some distance from the Nharhu males, but in an area they occasionally venture. She has been seen all the way up on Argyle this year too. And no, no more news on the two Timbavati lionesses, so not sure where they got to - likely in the not-often traversed eastern block of the north-eastern Timbavati
Information by Chad Cocking
RE: Lions of Timbavati - T I N O - 12-19-2020
A very recent sighting of the three Machaton males
The three Machaton males are ageing but still a force to be reckoned with in the Balule area.
Image by: Tony Williamson
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