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RE: Lions of Timbavati - BA0701 - 08-27-2024
(08-27-2024, 07:26 PM)criollo2mil Wrote:(08-27-2024, 05:35 PM)criollo2mil Wrote: Osindile, taken by a guest a few weeks ago.
Credit: silc
Longer Version
Man, his head is absolutely enormous, and his paws too. Sadly, he'll carry that odd hitch in his step for the rest of his life, thanks Tyson, but he has improved vastly, in that regard as well. So glad to see him and TYM doing so well.
RE: Lions of Timbavati - afortich - 08-27-2024
(08-27-2024, 07:48 PM)BA0701 Wrote:(08-27-2024, 07:26 PM)criollo2mil Wrote:(08-27-2024, 05:35 PM)criollo2mil Wrote: Osindile, taken by a guest a few weeks ago.
Credit: silc
Longer Version
Man, his head is absolutely enormous, and his paws too. Sadly, he'll carry that odd hitch in his step for the rest of his life, thanks Tyson, but he has improved vastly, in that regard as well. So glad to see him and TYM doing so well.
Osindile (BYM) is in such a great condition and agree that the limping improved so much that is now very mild, almost nothing. Great video!
RE: Lions of Timbavati - Mapokser - 08-28-2024
By Kobus Strauss, 3 sets of "coalition" duos in his property today ( I believe Ngala ):
Young Avoca male + bigger S.BDM:
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The 2 mighty Mbiri males:
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And not far of, 2 young Monwana males:
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Mapoza's sons and Avoca/BDM have to be careful, if Mbiris finds them it might end badly.
RE: Lions of Timbavati - Robot00 - 08-28-2024
I guess it's safe to say that the S.bdm was not accepted by his four northern brothers. Unfortunate for him but it may be a blessing in disguise.
How cool would it be if he and young avoca gets chased out of timbavati by the mbiri males and he leads the young avoca male down to northern s.s. and somehow run in to his southern brother.
RE: Lions of Timbavati - Mapokser - 08-28-2024
Birmingham female on the 5th slide and Mbiri male on the 7th:
RE: Lions of Timbavati - Potato - 08-31-2024
Fabio Ross
RE: Lions of Timbavati - Mwk85 - 09-02-2024
Giraffe male and Monwana breakaways after killing a hyena that was close to the cubs. Apparently they've named the Monwana breakaways the 'Makeppies Pride' and the Giraffe male is potentially known as the 'Makeppies Male' now.
RE: Lions of Timbavati - GhostCatP-22 - 09-02-2024
(09-02-2024, 04:46 AM)Mwk85 Wrote: Giraffe male and Monwana breakaways after killing a hyena that was close to the cubs. Apparently they've named the Monwana breakaways the 'Makeppies Pride' and the Giraffe male is potentially known as the 'Makeppies Male' now.
Sad for the hyena but good for the cubs that they have such an attentive dad! He’s a young guy too. His breakaway lionesses are all Mapoza daughters?
RE: Lions of Timbavati - Mwk85 - 09-02-2024
(09-02-2024, 04:52 AM)GhostCatP-22 Wrote:(09-02-2024, 04:46 AM)Mwk85 Wrote: Giraffe male and Monwana breakaways after killing a hyena that was close to the cubs. Apparently they've named the Monwana breakaways the 'Makeppies Pride' and the Giraffe male is potentially known as the 'Makeppies Male' now.
Sad for the hyena but good for the cubs that they have such an attentive dad! He’s a young guy too. His breakaway lionesses are all Mapoza daughters?
I believe the pride is made up of all younger lionesses which would make them his offspring
RE: Lions of Timbavati - Rabubi - 09-02-2024
(09-02-2024, 04:46 AM)Mwk85 Wrote: Giraffe male and Monwana breakaways after killing a hyena that was close to the cubs. Apparently they've named the Monwana breakaways the 'Makeppies Pride' and the Giraffe male is potentially known as the 'Makeppies Male' now.
Poor hyena, they did a number on him but on the flip side, yay for the cubs! It's awesome to see the Giraffe male growing from strength to strength as a pride male.
RE: Lions of Timbavati - Tr1x24 - 09-02-2024
Timbila pride in northern Klaserie, currently dominated by Hosi ans Socha:
RE: Lions of Timbavati - Potato - 09-03-2024
Tanda Tula update
It was a week that was again dominated by sightings of the River Pride and their four cubs. They stationed themselves around the Machaton Riverbed near Machaton Dam, and could be found there most days. With the windy weather arriving, I had promised my guests we would at least see some predators on a kill after two nights of perfect hunting conditions, and so we set out to find the River Pride on the morning after the strong winds. Sadly, the winds had blown away most of the tracks, but we had signs of the pride going into a big block, and not coming out. With a gut feel, Jack and I drove into the block, dodging rocks and logs as we went, and it wasn’t long before Jack raised his hand to point out the lions ahead, and the red rib bones of their wildebeest kill were immediately visible! The pride feasted there for a day, and a couple of days later were in a similar state as they fed on a zebra that they killed not 500m from Tanda Tula. The Vuyela males seemed to ignore the pride the entire week, so they got to feast without having to share with the pride males. On the downside, the absence of the male lions did lead to the hyenas chasing the pride off of the zebra kill, but they all made their way back to Machaton Dam where they spent the next two days.
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The Sark Breakaways were not very active in the area this week, and sightings of them were limited to the tarred road between the Timbavati and the Klaserie, as the pride popped between the reserves. They too avoided the company of the Vuyela males this week. The reason appears to be that the Vuyela males have continued in their take over of the Mayambula Pride. After a couple of days of tracking the Mayambula Pride in circles in the south-east, Tristan managed to find two Vuyela males with one Mayambula lioness. One male stayed with her and spent the latter half of the week mating, although she looked less than interested. Tracks for the other males moved in and out of the south-eastern corner. With new mating opportunities, it appears as though this is where the Vuyelas will be spending their time. Time will tell whether they will accept and mate with the youngest Mayambula lionesses (now 2,5 years old), or if it will just be the five adult females that remain in the area, leaving the remaining members of the pride (around 12 of them) to go off and find a space of their own.
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RE: Lions of Timbavati - KM600 - 09-03-2024
Don’t make much of the Mapoza part yet, not until there’s photo / video evidence.
RE: Lions of Timbavati - afortich - 09-03-2024
Masungulu male injured by lionesses
RE: Lions of Timbavati - BA0701 - 09-03-2024
(09-03-2024, 11:01 PM)afortich Wrote: Masungulu male injured by lionesses
Oof, that made me squirm too, can't imagine how the poor fella is feeling.