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RE: Coalitions of Kruger National Park - Cunaguaro - 05-11-2020 King of Karongwe "Zeus". Photo: Savannah Hanni May 8, 2020. *This image is copyright of its original author
RE: Coalitions of Kruger National Park - Cunaguaro - 05-11-2020 One of the Maseke males (who are likely the Mohlabetsi males) with an injured eye at Mopaya Lodge in Balule. Image by: Oscar Laforet May 8, 2020. *This image is copyright of its original author
RE: Coalitions of Kruger National Park - Spalea - 05-13-2020 Valentin Pacaut: " Lion and light Kruger National Park, South Africa. Met this beautiful male lion at the end of the day. He was actually mating with a lioness, probably just starting to mate. Both of them will stay together for a few days. Not so far, about 20 meters away, another male lion is waiting for his chance. " RE: Coalitions of Kruger National Park - Tr1x24 - 05-13-2020 Throwback of 2 N'wanetsi males, it seems that only right one is still alive and has new partner : *This image is copyright of its original author
RE: Coalitions of Kruger National Park - Tr1x24 - 05-13-2020 Hamiltons pride male near Mazithi Dam in 2018: *This image is copyright of its original author
RE: Coalitions of Kruger National Park - Mohawk4 - 05-13-2020 The Mpondo male lions - One coalition, three bloodlines It says that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. She can be hidden or obvious. She can be inconspicuous or overwhelming, crystal clear or impalpable. She can be shy and only emerge after a certain amount of time or leap out right at you. She’s a perception that assumes all kinds of shapes and remains unique to each and everyone. For wildlife lovers the Kruger famous Mpondo male lions surely unite many of her characteristics. She’s overwhelming and crystal clear with their huge dark manes and healthy strong bodies, yet there’s another beauty, impalpable and secretly hidden behind a pretty much unknown background. So in order to reveal her there is one question to be asked that this report will focus on: Who are the five Mpondo male lions that developed into one of the Kruger’s most successful lion coalitions? While usually male lion coalitions are made up of related males such as brothers and cousins who form close bonds to start their journey into independence together, the Mpondo male lions didn’t really stick to that general rule. Instead their coalition basically breaks the habit and has its origins at the Jock Concession, the Lukimbi Lodge and the Crocodile Bridge: 5 males from 3 different prides from 3 different areas. While the sick blonde maned male and his black maned amber eyed brother came from the Lukimbi pride and with the other set of brothers - consisting of the short-tailed Mpondo „boss“ and his brother - originating from the Jock pride, it was the single 5th male who finally brought them all together at Mjejane Game Reserve in 2013/14. Having left his natal pride, the Vurhami pride behind, and being the oldest of the 5 males he lived up to his responsibilities and became their initial leader. It was under his watch that the males settled their issues (not without a few fights) and finally brought a difficult bonding time to a satisfying end. Guide Dave Pusey who was lucky enough to spend a lot of time with them in their younger days on Mjejane about the exciting observations: „The Vurhami male reminded me of my time in Sabi Sands when Makhulu Mapogo initially led the Mapogos and kept the bond of the younger Mapogos strong.“ The coalition of 5 Mjejane males was born. This name soon changed again when they left Mjejane behind and departed towards the Mpondo Dam on the S102 in 2015/16 where they finally established their first territory and took over the Mpondo pride. The fame grew day by day and as a result it didn’t take long till the whole Kruger National Park would finally get to know them as the 5 Mpondo male lions. One year later in 2017 they began to expand their territory further north along the S21, Renosterkoppies till up to the S114 which resulted in the successful takeover of the big Renosterkoppies pride. This union led to a further thriving of the pride, along with more litters of cubs there are currently four young males (one older and three slightly younger brothers) in the process of completely breaking up with the pride. Just like it already had been witnessed with the Mantimahle male lions, one male - in this case the oldest Mpondo male #5 - permanently stayed with the Renosterkoppies pride while the other four regularly moved between their two prides and the boundaries of their territory. After roughly two years of stable circumstances 2019 brought along another change as the five males decided to push further north-west. At the cost of loosing the eastern part of their territory around the Mpondo Dam to the four S26 males, they ousted the Thompson males from the Jock concession and took over the whole region till down to Afsaal. With such a huge territory to cover its very likely that there are more prides under their leadership that are yet to identify. What had started as a partnership of convenience between a bunch of unrelated males at a time of pure need, eventually developed into a strong brotherhood that conquered the Kruger almost at will. With the 5th male approaching the autumn of his life with now approximately over 10 years of age, and the blonde male #4 still struggling with some obvious disease, it’s not only thanks to the other three males - visibly in their prime years - that the group hasn’t lost a single member till today, but instead the close affection and size in total of the coalition that provided and still provides decent protection for each of the five members. Five foreign males that originated from completely different areas of the Kruger National Park who came together and ended up forming a close bond; It’s tales like this that turn the hidden beauty of nature into something obvious: the pure unpredictability of wildlife and it‘s ability to find ways to survive. We would like to thank Big On Wild - Wildlife Blog & Photography for a wonderful collaboration in exploring the background of the Mpondo male lions in detail and we highly recommend to check out their blog where they examine the histories of certain male lion coalitions of the Kruger National Park. https://www.facebook.com/lionsoftheafricanwildlife/posts/3004776206250083?__tn__=K-R http://bigonwild.co.za/mpondo-male-lions/?fbclid=IwAR3XeidMysgn-k3r8nCpzroOV4eEVme1zGToHysBzVlpvSrGYeIXqnvEnyM RE: Coalitions of Kruger National Park - T I N O - 05-14-2020 What a Magnificent beast! One of the Mpondo Male Lions (Oldest) Which has born in 2007, He was around 7 Years old in this Image! Photo credits: Stef Botha KNP 2014 A never seen before! *This image is copyright of its original author
RE: Coalitions of Kruger National Park - Cunaguaro - 05-14-2020 Two of the big tough Shishangeni males - Brothers in Arms. Image by: Ruan Minaar. May 12, 2020. *This image is copyright of its original author
RE: Coalitions of Kruger National Park - Tr1x24 - 05-14-2020 2 Mluwati males: RE: Coalitions of Kruger National Park - Potato - 05-14-2020 Charlestons on the first part of the video. I do not know which coalition is on later part of the video. RE: Coalitions of Kruger National Park - Tr1x24 - 05-15-2020 (05-14-2020, 11:31 PM)Potato Wrote: Charlestons on the first part of the video. I do not know which coalition is on later part of the video. 2 of the older Nwaswitshaka males, brothers of the 4 in Sabi Sands, with either partner or maybe 3rd brother, they might had 3rd brother back then, but now apperantly they are only 2. *This image is copyright of its original author Edit: I found the 3rd male, its Renosterkoppies male: *This image is copyright of its original author
RE: Coalitions of Kruger National Park - Blondemane - 05-15-2020 This male lion crossed paths with a crocodile in the night – the lion won! ©Nick Du Plessis, Field Guide @ Singita Kruger National Park" *This image is copyright of its original author This is a old pic, i think this is one of Shishangaan males. RE: Coalitions of Kruger National Park - T I N O - 05-15-2020 Voortrekker road (H2-2) 8kms from turn off to road to Pretoriaskop Anyone Known which male is this ? Thanks @Tr1x24 *This image is copyright of its original author
RE: Coalitions of Kruger National Park - T I N O - 05-15-2020 (05-15-2020, 02:03 AM)Blondemane Wrote: This male lion crossed paths with a crocodile in the night – the lion won! ©Nick Du Plessis, Field Guide @ Singita Kruger National Park" Impressive! Thanks for sharing RE: Coalitions of Kruger National Park - T I N O - 05-15-2020 (04-28-2020, 03:02 AM)Raj8143 Wrote:They have 9 Years old, Born in 2011 :)(04-23-2020, 07:45 PM)Blondemane Wrote: One of Mpondo males. |