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Lions of Timbavati
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The Black Dam male lion seen a few years ago while he was still alive and the ruler of the reserve at Royal Malewane in South Africa, casting his eyes over his territory.
Image by: Rudi Hulshof  *This image is copyright of its original author
One of the Machaton males (sighting from 2 days ago) at Ndzuti Safari Camp
Image credit: Annie White  *This image is copyright of its original author
The River pride boys!
Image by: Nick Smith  *This image is copyright of its original author
One of the Machaton males seen recently at Nyati Safari Lodge
Image credit: Michael Raddall  *This image is copyright of its original author
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Western pride and the newest cubs. (I guess cubs sired by Skorro males)
The huge Mbiri male in the H7 a few days ago.
Image credits: Luzaan Zaan Large  *This image is copyright of its original author
One of the kings of the River pride. What a beaut!!
Photo by: Craig Reid  *This image is copyright of its original author
Some excellent news comes from the heart of the Timbavati Private Nature Reserve.
One of the four River pride females (The one who loss their cubs this year) has given a birth new cubs and another one (the 2nd young female) is heavily pregnant. 
Past year in Tanda Tula
Mbiri male lion Such a presence in 2019, but 2020 saw very few visits from these once dominant males; one visit to the River Pride’s territory saw the Nharhu males chasing the Mbiri males all the way back south, and seemingly out of the area for good.  *This image is copyright of its original author River Pride cubs Without doubt, the six cubs of the River Pride provided our happiest memories of 2020 – talk about a cuteness overload! With the cubs tied to the den sites for the first few months of lockdown, we got to see them growing on an almost daily basis – a privilege indeed. Sadly, July was not a good month for the pride, and sadly five of the six cubs died in one foul swoop. The cause of their deaths remains unknown, but based on the one cub we saw dying, it was likely some virus that caused their demise.  *This image is copyright of its original author River Pride lioness on giraffe kill The River Pride were a near constant feature of the central Timbavati through 2020. Their wonderings did take them far and wide, especially after the loss of their five cubs, but they always returned to our area. On this particular occasion they were in the south-western parts of our concession and took down an adult female giraffe; a meal that kept them going for several days.  *This image is copyright of its original author Nharhu males A late inclusion to the top 20 choice, but I realised that a review of the year wouldn’t be complete without mentioning our strong, dominant male coalition, the Nharhu males. The three boys did well by keeping the intruding Mbiri and Hercules/Sumatra coalitions out of the area and keeping the River Pride safe. Despite losing the five cubs, it was through no fault of their own. Although the limping male’s leg is considerably better than at the start of the year, he still seems like an outsider within the coalition, and these two males are almost always together, with the limping male doing his own thing.  *This image is copyright of its original author
1 massive male lion in the road stationary
H7 near H7/S106 Junction near orpen Vis 5/5 Tinged by Keaton and team Anthony  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author
Some male lion with a female seen at Baobab Ridge lodge. I presume purely by the location lions were found in that it could be part of Vuela coalition.
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(12-30-2020, 02:05 AM)Potato Wrote: Some male lion with a female seen at Baobab Ridge lodge. I presume purely by the location lions were found in that it could be part of Vuela coalition. This morning the 5 Vuyela males were seen together at Baobab 
The old Birmingham male Smudge in Ngala, Nov. 2011. Image by Scott Henry.
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