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(12-06-2020, 05:01 AM)Gijima Wrote: Ok interesting... if she’s older than 10, she must have been one of the 2007 cubs that escaped the Mapogos, or born later in Manyeleti? I actually don’t know much about their history but I’m assuming since they were a Nkuhuma breakaway pride they would have been even further north than snaggletooth nkuhuma and that core group.
Thinking the same, Silver Eyes and that lioness are prob those who run away from Mapogos, cousins or even littermates of Nana and Sizanani..
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Another stunning shot of the two Sand River young males sired by the Mantimahle coalition a couple of years ago.
KNP-Near Skukuza-12.06.20.
Photo by: CD Tours
@about 2:40 into this video when the Othawa male turns away from the cubs, there are some distinct scratch marks on his side? Who has he been in a fight with? Hope he is not getting into trouble.
Found this interesting clip about identifying the famous Nkuhuma Pride of Lions.
The oldest one at the time this was put out was Nana of the Nkuhumas, by far, born in 2007. Then, the next oldest ones were born in 2012. A big age gap.
Is Nana Junior's and Purple Eyes' mother? There were no other lionesses around the age of Nana now in the pride to be the dam of Junior...unless she died prematurely or was an even older lioness. Someone posted in the comment's section of a video recently that she's his mother.
It's interesting how a few of the lionesses have distinctive ridges around their nose....just like Hairy Belly. No other male lions had those in the Matimba Coalition, right? I'm not sure about which of the Matimbas had what color eyes, though. HB with his amber ones and Ginger with his light tawny ones is all I recall, but not about the other 4.
Amber Eyes, born in 2013 and then another lioness was born in 2014. These two should definitely be daughters of the Southern Matimbas.... The coalition split at the end of 2012 or early 2013, not sure of the exact date.
No information in the video about their familial relationship, though, which would have been helpful!
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