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RE: Lions of Tanzania (Serengeti, Ngorongoro and others) - Brahim - 03-13-2024
@Jcvlds That's great. Which part of Serengeti are you planning on going to?
RE: Lions of Tanzania (Serengeti, Ngorongoro and others) - Brahim - 03-16-2024
1/3 Sons of Snyggve/Bob jr.
"mkumbwa I nicknamed him which means the big one or great one .For him I can definitely say 100% he's Bob junior's son I know him since he was in the family until he was chased living like a nomad until his father was killed now living with his 2 younger brothers and a couple of females. Just to imagine he's about 3.5 years or 4 is amazing. maashallah we always pray for him. He's looking exactly like his late father and that beautiful mane"
Credit: Madela Simba
RE: Lions of Tanzania (Serengeti, Ngorongoro and others) - Brahim - 03-16-2024
Someone asked me here for this so did it yesterday. The 5 Lake Quintet males who have dominated the Ngorongoro crater for the last 7 years. Here are pictures to distinguish between each member.
Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania.
-Photographera Credit-
Thanks to Gerard Karl, Charnita Kirby, Conor Culver, Michele Bavassano, Iciar Rando.
RE: Lions of Tanzania (Serengeti, Ngorongoro and others) - Brahim - 03-17-2024
Two impressive males who rule a big pride in the Ngarenanyuki area. They border the territory where Snyggve/Bob jr used to rule. Big one is spitting image of him actually.
RE: Lions of Tanzania (Serengeti, Ngorongoro and others) - Jcvlds - 03-18-2024
(03-08-2024, 12:04 PM)BigLion39 Wrote:(03-06-2024, 04:25 AM)Jcvlds Wrote: Hi. I am very grateful for finding this forum. I am planning a trip to Serengeti in about 3 months and was looking to find information about the current state of lion coalitions in the park + crater.
I would love if anyone could share a list of coalliations currently in the area and regions if possible or any sources of information anyone has where I could further dig into.
It would be amazing to get educated and learn about this before I go as I believe it will make it that much more incredible for me when I get there and hopefully get to witness some of these lions in person.
Many, many thanks in advance
I would get in touch with Tariq_Sarico on IG. He is the guide/ranger who for years followed legendary Bob Jr/Trygvve and now follows and documents the 7 Saba Bora males who took BJ's territory. He might be able to point you in the best direction.
Thank you!
(03-13-2024, 05:31 PM)Brahimlegend Wrote: @Jcvlds That's great. Which part of Serengeti are you planning on going to?
Central, and a bit west hoping to get a glimpse of the Grumeti migration, if what I’ve read is accurate. A days in the crater at the end. Any recommendations or further info is much appreciated!
RE: Lions of Tanzania (Serengeti, Ngorongoro and others) - Brahim - 03-19-2024
@Jcvlds That's great. Main guys around Serengeti you may see is the 7 Saba bora males. 3 Golden boys, impressive males in their prime. Also maybe those 2 I shared video of recently and maybe some slightly south of them is the Goi Circuit coalition ( 4 males seen recently could be more). Also many other solo males. But many prides also with youngsters around. Around Grumeti the best thing would be the Butamtam pride which is ruled by the 6 Butamtam pride males. Young males coming into their prime. Their pride has 34 members counted recently. Which includes the 6 males, 8 females and 20 cubs. And if you go to Ngorongoro crater the best attraction would be the 5 Lake Quintet males who dominate most of the Crater. Maybe 5 Munge males and sons of the 5 lake quintet males who are another 5 younger males. There are more males in the crater but these are the most famous ones.
RE: Lions of Tanzania (Serengeti, Ngorongoro and others) - Ngonya - 03-20-2024
The saga of naming the 7 Saba Bora boys, by Tariq Said Sarico
SCARNOSE aka CHONGO
"Yesterday I brought up this topic of naming The Saba Bora Boys and I started with the photos of BK as the majority we call him that as I also found out today, the name BK was named by Hassan who is a guide at Lemala not Dullah as I mentioned yesterday!
Any way! Many people came to my DM advising that we shouldn’t call him BJ Killer as it doesn’t sound that good for our late BJ and also for those who loved BJ it keeps reminding of him and I definitely agree with that.
So many have agreed to change his name from BK to Scarnose as he has a scar in his nose or sometimes we might be calling him Chongo, chongo means who doesn’t see one eye it’s a swahili name!
So from today onwards, I will never write or mention BK anywhere, I will say Chongo or Scarnose!
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KIDUKU
"Now today we’re naming a friend of Scarnose, they hang out together most of the time, I like to call him KIDUKU and today I officially announce that name to you as KIDUKU, Kiduku is a certain hair cut whereby you shave all the hair and leave in the middle like a spear, just like the way Kiduku look like in this photo!
Look at his head, he has long hair like that style we call Kiduku, I have been following him for a while and see whether he will grow up hairs in all of his head but until in his age of approximately 3 and half years old nothing has changed and I think he will never grow up hairs like Scarnose.
Kiduku was also one among the 3 boys killed BJ in that fight and I clearly saw him with those few long hairs in his head and today they’ve grown up like that.
Kiduku always looks for Scarnose moves, he likes teamwork he always hang out with his brothers. The rest sometimes you can find them alone but Kiduku he loves his brothers.
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ULIMI MBILI
"I am here presenting to you one of the lion with scariest face of all the boys! ULIMI MBILI, actually this name has been suggested with one of the best female guide @rufinatheguide_photography she said we called him “Ulimi” and I added “mbili”
ULIMI MBILI, actually Ulimi mbili means “Two Tongues” in Kiswahili language and we called him that because he has split tongue or you can call forked tongue, just look at his tongue at the tip of it is splitted up like a fork and looks like he has two tongues.
[...]
"And also ULIMI MBILI, most of the time he’s alone, he likes to stay a little a side from the rest of the boys, 2 days ago I found him on a honeymoon with one of the females."
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RE: Lions of Tanzania (Serengeti, Ngorongoro and others) - Lipstick2 - 03-21-2024
(03-20-2024, 03:04 AM)Ngonya Wrote: SCARNOSE aka CHONGOI think, there are and were so many several 'Scarnoses' along African wild living male lions, both through the Kruger and Masai Mara as well for example who own(ed) this name because of their faces and injuries (these scratches are the most common type of injuries in the case of male lions). And 'Chongo' is also reserved already to one of the Bilashaka males in the Mara who indeed has only one eye too. So, we can easily confuse them with each other in the future.
RE: Lions of Tanzania (Serengeti, Ngorongoro and others) - Ngonya - 03-21-2024
(03-21-2024, 11:14 PM)Lipstick2 Wrote: I think, there are and were so many several 'Scarnoses' along African wild living male lions, both through the Kruger and Masai Mara as well for example who own(ed) this name because of their faces and injuries (these scratches are the most common type of injuries in the case of male lions). And 'Chongo' is also reserved already to one of the Bilashaka males in the Mara who indeed has only one eye too. So, we can easily confuse them with each other in the future.Doubt a confusion will happen, unless u cant id different lions
But i agree about. Could've been other name more focused on his eye or even the fact he is the biggest/most developed of all 7 by far.
RE: Lions of Tanzania (Serengeti, Ngorongoro and others) - Lipstick2 - 03-21-2024
(03-21-2024, 11:23 PM)Ngonya Wrote: Could've been other name more focused on his eye or even the fact he is the biggest/most developed of all 7 by far.Yeah, i absolutely agree.
RE: Lions of Tanzania (Serengeti, Ngorongoro and others) - Brahim - 03-25-2024
One of the five Golden Boys of Ndutu.
Credit: Robby traveller
RE: Lions of Tanzania (Serengeti, Ngorongoro and others) - BA0701 - 03-26-2024
(03-25-2024, 11:45 PM)Brahimlegend Wrote: One of the five Golden Boys of Ndutu.
Credit: Robby traveller
Wow, what a gorgeous male, such a unique color!
RE: Lions of Tanzania (Serengeti, Ngorongoro and others) - Brahim - 04-04-2024
(03-17-2024, 11:17 PM)Brahimlegend Wrote:
Two impressive males who rule a big pride in the Ngarenanyuki area. They border the territory where Snyggve/Bob jr used to rule. Big one is spitting image of him actually.
So these guys are called the Jua Kali males. They are sons of the 4 killers coalition. The 4 Killers were related to C boy. That's why they resemble Snyggve/Bob jr.
RE: Lions of Tanzania (Serengeti, Ngorongoro and others) - Brahim - 04-04-2024
Gol coalition from Eastern Serengeti.
-Photographer Credit-
instagram.com/scotthymanphoto
RE: Lions of Tanzania (Serengeti, Ngorongoro and others) - Ponce - 04-05-2024
Lion hunting zebra in the Ngorongoro Crater (Tanzania).