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Notch Coalition Male Lineage

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From a Beck Danielle's painting I photographed at the "Artistes français" exhibition in november 2014 : we can immediately recognize Grimace...

I liked Grimace, he had a particular look.
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I'll give a look into this, but I think Earless is one, if not the youngest, of old Notch sons. Of course, with the high record of cubs this coalition sired I wouldn't be surprised if there is some other son of Notch around. But confirmed, he was born in 2011, feom the Rongai pride, and in his facebook page it says old Notch was his father.
As for Grimcae, I have nothing to say. Lived like a warrior(more so than his brothers) and died like one. Proud of him.
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@majingilane I really just follow lions from Sabi sands(I am trying to learn more about all lions) why was grimace a warrior more so than his brothers? Just curious I only know what's on this thread about these beautiful males I will say they are very interesting tho there look is way different than Sabi sands lions and I have yet to hear about lions killing each for land like in.sabi sands
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Apparently yes, he was more agressive than his brothers. And although this may be a first time for one of these lions dying and being showed here, it's common. In fact, I've read that some times coalitions in that place like the Serengeti or Masai mara, have even a shorter tenure of dominance, sometimes because they form smaller coalitions.
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( This post was last modified: 10-21-2015, 11:41 PM by Tshokwane )

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Earless breeding with Rongai Pride female..maybe his sister...Hes acting like the pride male since the Notches abandoned the pride...photo credits onesmus

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I really like this boy. He does what he has to do, and does not ask permission or apologies to no one. Amazing young male, a real example.
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Earless I heard he is a big ol boy and he is paired up with a older.male but he still is in charge this true?
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( This post was last modified: 10-22-2015, 07:11 PM by Tshokwane )

I think they are still together. But when it's mating time, the males set apart, otherwise there will be a fight. About the dominance, despite his young age, I wouldn't be too surprised if Earless was a bit more dominant. I don't think dominance is much of a big thing among lions, it's only expressed in mating rights and the ownership of food, but maybe his youth will give him more drive and energy than that of the old male.

From Notch the Lion-King of the Mara and His Five Sons facebook page:
Caesar son of Notch today .They seem to be staying by the river now in an area called look out after abandoned most of their large territory which was almost half of the park .Guess they are older and just want to settle and stability but their number has dropped from 6-3.They Still have 3-4 prides along the river and near the river all with young subs and cubs .PC N Muya

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Fast asleep in the late afternoon sun - one of the Notch boys.... Pic by Anja Denker

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( This post was last modified: 10-23-2015, 04:28 AM by Pantherinae )

Hey everybody I'm back again, been out traveling for a while been in Masai Mara for a short trip actually. Nice to see alot of new members coming to this forum a big welcome from me, also the former guy's keeping up The great posting! 

sad to see Grimace pass away, did not know that he had died untill i read it here, he was just not been sighted for some time when I was there, but the guy's are older now, they must have weared themselves out with such large territory over The last years fighting on all fronts, just a matter of time before The three guy's left are gone aswell. The guides at The Mara said this aswell. 

Just going to add something: I saw them and they are huge boy's, dwarf other males from The Mara.
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@Pantherinae , Welcome back.
Wow that's interesting we want to see the photos from your trip.
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Hey @Pantherinae , welcome back, we missed you here.
I'm glad to know you were travelling, I hope you enjoyed all of your trips.
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(10-23-2015, 04:26 AM)Pantherinae Wrote: Hey everybody I'm back again, been out traveling for a while been in Masai Mara for a short trip actually. Nice to see alot of new members coming to this forum a big welcome from me, also the former guy's keeping up The great posting! 

sad to see Grimace pass away, did not know that he had died untill i read it here, he was just not been sighted for some time when I was there, but the guy's are older now, they must have weared themselves out with such large territory over The last years fighting on all fronts, just a matter of time before The three guy's left are gone aswell. The guides at The Mara said this aswell. 

Just going to add something: I saw them and they are huge boy's, dwarf other males from The Mara.

Welcome back!

You lucky sucker!!!!

Im very jealous, my trip to the serengeti is happening in Sept. I cannot wait.
How large do you estimate these boys to be?
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Anja Denker:
The 3 Notch boys, just lying around..... Maasai Mara

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Hey yeah it was awsome, it was just a short trip to the Mara (5 days) 

Wow Cool @Pckts now I'm jealous, I could have lived in east Africa the wildlife is amazing! 

Regarding their size, I do not dare to estimate their weight, but sure and simple they where huge! Ceasar was 
my maine target seeing and he passed 1 foot away from our jeep! The most massive cat I have ever seen, don't know if he's the longest or tallest, but everything on him where so massive his head, body and grace a real legend! My Biggest wildlife experience ever!
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What about some photos @Pantherinae ? We would love to see it on this section - http://wildfact.com/forum/forum-vacations-and-holidays
It will encourage other member to go for tour on africa.
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(10-26-2015, 07:21 PM)sanjay Wrote: What about some photos @Pantherinae ? We would love to see it on this section - http://wildfact.com/forum/forum-vacations-and-holidays
It will encourage other member to go for tour on africa.

Hey Sanjay! I did not take any photos of the Notch boys, they passed the jeep and I just watched this moment! Took some pictures of other lions and animals, with my phone and basic standar camera, I can probably post them later :-)
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