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Nkuhuma young male with his sister in western sector:
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Good to see that his sister is alive and with him, chances of them to survive are much bigger when they are together.
Not far from them Styx pride was found :
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Its a bit crowded with lions in western sector atm, with Mhangeni pride also recently seen there and ofc the resident Othawa pride, hope that no conflict happens.
It seems that Styx pride will finally settle down after almost of 2 years of nomadic life, they are in western sector for about 2 months now and recently where seen scent marking. They prob feel that resident Othawa pride and old Hairy Belly arent threat to them, they have bigger numbers now when subadults are almost adult.
This is good area for young Styx male too, as this area is very stable with no threats to him from other males, he can pot form a coalition with Othawa youngsters in future or Nkuhuma male, who is also near by.
Nah, they keep on moving around. Here is the part of Mala Mala raport for January:
"As has been the case for the previous two months, all sightings of the Styx pride were in Charleston (the southernmost section of our reserve) and we had hoped that this perhaps signalled the pride’s intent of finally settling down again. However, they were only viewed there on the 2nd and the 3rd of December before vanishing yet again. January saw our hopes rise again as the pride returned to Charleston – they were viewed here on five days. They were seen in the southwestern corner of our reserve on the 11th, 12th and 13th before heading north when they were found to the north of Jakkalsdraai Open Area on the 14th. By the 15th they had returned to the southeast corner. "
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(03-03-2020, 10:44 PM)Potato Wrote: Nah, they keep on moving around. Here is the part of Mala Mala raport for January:
"As has been the case for the previous two months, all sightings of the Styx pride were in Charleston (the southernmost section of our reserve) and we had hoped that this perhaps signalled the pride’s intent of finally settling down again. However, they were only viewed there on the 2nd and the 3rd of December before vanishing yet again. January saw our hopes rise again as the pride returned to Charleston – they were viewed here on five days. They were seen in the southwestern corner of our reserve on the 11th, 12th and 13th before heading north when they were found to the north of Jakkalsdraai Open Area on the 14th. By the 15th they had returned to the southeast corner. "
I said" about" 2 months, i didnt check exact dates, i check it now, they are in western sector now for more then 1 month, which is huge time for them in one area as they where moving thru Sabi Sands on daily basis. We'll see if they move again, reports are saying that they started scent marking.
It seems that in the process they lost 1 of the younger females as 2 females where seen with bite marks on their backs in Elephant Plains in January , prob had a clash with some bigger pride.
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