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RE: Lions of Timbavati - Tr1x24 - 09-10-2021
(09-10-2021, 05:02 PM)Timbavati Wrote: One of the Black dam young males was seen again in Thornybush Game Reserve. This one and his brother were seen in Manyeleti and Sabi Sands a few months ago.
Photo credits: Kelwan Rudi Kaiser
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Thats the 2nd male, brother of the one who was in Sabi Sands, beautiful male.
RE: Lions of Timbavati - T I N O - 09-10-2021
(09-10-2021, 03:37 PM)Tonpa Wrote: "Look into the eyes of a Pirate!! This bruiser, & his brother, launched an attack on the Kudyela Pride, who were busy feasting on a Giraffe they had brought down.
It must have been mayhem & the sad result is that one of the young females in the pride were killed.
And pretty soon, these males, known as the Masungulu brothers, will probably be siring the next generation.
This is the way of the Lion dynasties - it’s no picnic out there!!" - Tony Williamson
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This is one of the Zark males. They're often featured in Wildearth.TV and are known as the Masungulo males by local rangers
RE: Lions of Timbavati - Tr1x24 - 09-10-2021
(09-10-2021, 05:25 PM)Timbavati Wrote: This is one of the Zark males. They're often featured in Wildearth.TV and are known as the Masungulo males by local rangers
How do you mean they are featured on WildEarth?
RE: Lions of Timbavati - T I N O - 09-10-2021
(09-10-2021, 05:39 PM)Tr1x24 Wrote:(09-10-2021, 05:25 PM)Timbavati Wrote: This is one of the Zark males. They're often featured in Wildearth.TV and are known as the Masungulo males by local rangers
How do you mean they are featured on WildEarth?
They're seen on Wildearth.TV at Pride Lands (Balule).
RE: Lions of Timbavati - Scar Mbiri - 09-10-2021
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Big Nsemani in the house
RE: Lions of Timbavati - Tonpa - 09-10-2021
(09-10-2021, 05:25 PM)Timbavati Wrote:(09-10-2021, 03:37 PM)Tonpa Wrote: "Look into the eyes of a Pirate!! This bruiser, & his brother, launched an attack on the Kudyela Pride, who were busy feasting on a Giraffe they had brought down.
It must have been mayhem & the sad result is that one of the young females in the pride were killed.
And pretty soon, these males, known as the Masungulu brothers, will probably be siring the next generation.
This is the way of the Lion dynasties - it’s no picnic out there!!" - Tony Williamson
*This image is copyright of its original author
This is one of the Zark males. They're often featured in Wildearth.TV and are known as the Masungulo males by local rangers
Have the machatons moved on from this pride?
RE: Lions of Timbavati - Tr1x24 - 09-10-2021
(09-10-2021, 09:42 PM)Tonpa Wrote: Have the machatons moved on from this pride?
Probably, they have been dominant over Kudyela's for many years..
RE: Lions of Timbavati - Scar Mbiri - 09-10-2021
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Black dam male of Timbavati
RE: Lions of Timbavati - T I N O - 09-11-2021
(09-10-2021, 09:42 PM)Tonpa Wrote:(09-10-2021, 05:25 PM)Timbavati Wrote:(09-10-2021, 03:37 PM)Tonpa Wrote: "Look into the eyes of a Pirate!! This bruiser, & his brother, launched an attack on the Kudyela Pride, who were busy feasting on a Giraffe they had brought down.
It must have been mayhem & the sad result is that one of the young females in the pride were killed.
And pretty soon, these males, known as the Masungulu brothers, will probably be siring the next generation.
This is the way of the Lion dynasties - it’s no picnic out there!!" - Tony Williamson
*This image is copyright of its original author
This is one of the Zark males. They're often featured in Wildearth.TV and are known as the Masungulo males by local rangers
Have the machatons moved on from this pride?
They have been getting pressured from younger males, but the fact is that the Zark males are in the way to took-over the Kudyela pride.
RE: Lions of Timbavati - T I N O - 09-11-2021
A Timbavati update: Western pride this morning on western cutline then moved east towards Karans Scholts cutline
RE: Lions of Timbavati - Scar Mbiri - 09-11-2021
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Hairy belly matimba. Could yall send pictures of hairy belly in his prime?,theres very few of him in his prime
RE: Lions of Timbavati - Tr1x24 - 09-11-2021
(09-11-2021, 01:12 PM)Scar Mbiri Wrote: Hairy belly matimba. Could yall send pictures of hairy belly in his prime?,theres very few of him in his prime
Tip for future, you need to post your posts in appropriate threads, for example Hairy Belly Matimba has nothing to do with Timbavati.. You have " The Matimba coalition" thread for that..
There you can also try to find pictures of Hairy Belly..
Hope it helps.
RE: Lions of Timbavati - Potato - 09-11-2021
Tanda Tula update
I was not out on too many drives during this period, but catching up with the guides, it seems as though things are settling down in the lion dynamics. The two Skorro males have made themselves very much at home with the seven Mayambula lionesses. The pride was seen on a couple of zebra kills over this period in the central regions of our concession. Interestingly, the seven lionesses were also reported some distance into the Klaserie to the west of the Timbavati during this week, but the next day they were back on the Timbavati’s eastern boundary with the Kruger – this movement would have required a complete leap-frog of the River Pride’s territory! Even upon my return, I got to see four of the Mayamabula lionesses resting close to Nkhari Homestead, and right in the centre of what had up until then been the River Pride’s safe-place. That same afternoon the limping Nharhu male was resting about 2km away from them, but it doesn’t appear as if he encountered them during the night.
Note: Ziga Zak Scar daughter? :o
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The River Pride have been AWOL for the past week, but just prior to that they too had a zebra kill to the north of Tanda Tula Safari Camp. While I was away, they were also found to the north of our concession on the annual buffalo kill! For such a good hunting force, it always surprised me that they don’t hunt more buffalos. This is only the third adult buffalo kill that we have seen them with since they separated from the young males two years back. It does appear that after this buffalo kill the River Pride headed west towards the Klaserie, but there is only so far west they can go before they bump into the five Vuyela males and the Sark lionesses, so I do hope that the River Pride return sooner rather than later.
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The week ended off with the two Skorro males spending their time mating with a couple of Mayambula lionesses. If things settle down, we can hopefully expect some new cubs early in 2022. Interestingly, with the Skorro males being so far south, the Western Pride of lions have even started to venture into our concession for the first time in a long time (the Skorro males are the fathers of their cubs, and dominant males of their pride). Sadly though, up until now we have only seen their tracks, and not the lions themselves.
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RE: Lions of Timbavati - Potato - 09-11-2021
Warick Wrede, one of the managers of nThambo Tree Camp, furnished us with a sightings update from the Klaserie. In his post below, he reminds us of the Vuyela’s history and bloodline. These lions are no stranger to the nThambo and Africa on Foot traverse, and provide fairly consistent sightings.
Warick’s update is below.
Let me introduce the Vuyela Pride to you. Vuyelwa/Vuyela means come back and they are a lion pride of 9 individuals. The make-up of this pride is 5 males and 4 females. No one is sure of where these 5 males come from but we think they are coming in from the Kruger National Park. The males range in age from 7 to about 9 years of age. These 5 males are very seldom seen walking together and generally we see at the most 2 together.
The females are seen for the most part together. We have a feeling that 1 or 2 of the females might have cubs on our neighbouring property to the North of us. The reason why we say this is because the females we see are lactating, which means that they are producing milk. This is only done when they have cubs or are close to giving birth. The name Vuyelwa is actually the name given to the 5 males as a group but because we see them so often with the males we have decided to call the whole pride The Vuyelwa’s. We have struggled to see them the past week as they have not been around but instead on neighbouring properties to the North and to the West of us.
We tracked long and hard for about four days and eventually, we were rewarded for our patience and persistence. We eventually found the Vuyelwa’s on the cut line between us and our neighbours to the West. When we found them the females were trying to hunt which is pretty difficult when you have 3 males in tow. They were sneaking up on a herd of impalas when the males got too impatient and started to walk around which ruined the hunt of course. Despite the failed hunt we had an amazing sighting of them in the end with the light just right for photography.
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RE: Lions of Timbavati - Scar Mbiri - 09-11-2021
Are there any known male liona in timbavati that have been weighed?