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History's most brutal killers, the Majingilane Male Lions
History's most brutal killers, the Majingilane Male Lions
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History's most brutal killers, the Majingilane Male Lions
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All pics from Idube Game Reserve
December 13th  *This image is copyright of its original author on their buffalo kill  *This image is copyright of its original author December 14th, the Othawa pride joined the Majingilane on the buffalo kill  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author Today, Three Majingilane with the Othawa pride and the 4th, Dark mane, was "roaring around the lodge all night"  *This image is copyright of its original author
12-17-2015, 12:20 PM
( This post was last modified: 12-17-2015, 01:42 PM by LionKiss
Edit Reason: Fixed the video link
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there was some drama going on with the Majingilane Prides
here the othawa expecting a rival lioness (the Short Tail) from Ximhungwe pride and two days ago they killed her leaving the cubs near her body, those cubs are sons and daughter of Majingilane so they are protected by Black Mane, right?
Yes, this happened some time ago. You can read about it in the first page of this thread, posts #7 and #8. Different prides are as much rivals as different coalitions.
The Majingilane males and the Othawa pride with two buffalo kills.
Credits to Idube Game Reserve.  *This image is copyright of its original author
(12-17-2015, 05:36 PM)Majingilane Wrote: Yes, this happened some time ago. You can read about it in the first page of this thread, posts #7 and #8. Different prides are as much rivals as different coalitions. I was misled by the recent dates of the videos and I though it is something new. is there any info about the 3 remaining cubs? they are from Majingilane fathers, right? what usually happens to the cubs when the lionesses kill another lioness? does the strong father protects them against other lionesses, of course he can do it easily when he is around but when he is not, what happens? do the Lionesses respect his wish? Quote:is there any info about the 3 remaining cubs? they are from Majingilane fathers, right? The Ximhungwe sub adults? No, those are Selati offsprings. There were 4, 3 females and 1 male, and I think one of the females is now missing. Quote:what usually happens to the cubs when the lionesses kill another lioness?The lionesses try to kill the rival's cubs. The males will of course try to protect their cubs and the "their" females, like Golden Mane was doing with the Ximhungwe girl, but if he's not around, well you saw what the Othawas did to that rival female.
A nice report from Elephant Plains that explains a bit were are the coalitions standing right now. @LionKiss , I think you will find it interesting, as it answers some of your questions. It features both the Majingilane males and the Birmingham males. The bolding of some words is mine.
Ranger report for November 2015: The Birmingham males were also out and about this month, as they were patrolling their boundaries and roaring all over. The young males are getting so much more confident and bolder by the day. These youngsters are still moving into Majingi territory every now and again. At this stage they are testing the waters, but every time they move in, the Majingi male’s powerful roar makes them turn around. The four Majingi males also came through the area the one night and killed a buffalo in our area. This made them stay in the area for two days, while they fed. They are still looking good, but you can see in their scarred faces that their age is starting to show. Although they are getting older, they can still put up a good fight and win. Also, a report from Singita Sabi Sands: The three Othawa pride cubs are doing well, and it was good to see them with all three lionesses and all four Majingilane males. While the Majingilane males are undoubtedly ageing, together they still control a very large chunk of territory. Great news is that one of the Mangheni pride lionesses has recently produced no fewer than five cubs, while another member of the pride is expected to give birth very soon, if she has not already done so. They still are a great force of the Sabi sands, and keep having cubs with their lionesses. Golden Mane and Othawa lioness, credits to Dulini Private Game Reserve  *This image is copyright of its original author
You guys have a done a wonderful job bringing these coalitions to life. Keep up the phenomenly work.
The boys with a buffalo kill, credits to Idube game Reserve.
 *This image is copyright of its original author Scar Nose, credits to Dulini private game Reserve  *This image is copyright of its original author Hip Scar  *This image is copyright of its original author Golden Mane with his girl  *This image is copyright of its original author
It is, this happened some months ago, you can read about it in the first pages of this thread.
at 2:08 - 2:20 you can see the unlucky selati sub male, which appears to be quit young, could be 12 months old
he has a rather worried and disappointed expression in his face as he realizes that his mother moved a little away from him, (it has a symbolical meaning) ,she has been followed by her 3 new cubs, around 2 months old. 
Here is latest news
Majingilane vs Matimbas Scar Nose found the 2 Matimbas and start chasing them.When Matimbas looks back they see lone Majingilane chasing them they turned and chasing him back. This chasing of each other take place for few hours and at last both group get exhausted and left the chase Video of Majingilane vs Matimbas fight Below are some awesome images from londlozi blog Majingilane chasing Matimbas  *This image is copyright of its original author Ginger chasing scar nose  *This image is copyright of its original author Scar nose chasing Matimbas male lion  *This image is copyright of its original author Read full story http://blog.londolozi.com/2016/01/lion-w...ajingilane Credit to londlozi blog
Crazy, this is the first time I have seen two opposing coalition males so close to each other but not engaging in a fight. We are still learning so much about big cat communication, its crazy.
Almost like they are talking S*** to each other but neither is making the first move yet. 
Amazing to see how these male lions are moving... They are moving at a round pace, so supple. At the same time they do everything for keeping in touch but certainly not to crash themselves...
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