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‘Members of the Styx pride was seen feeding on a kudu this morning. This young male stole the show as he would stalk and pounce his siblings and drag the carcass around making it difficult for the rest of the pride to feed.”
(12-21-2022, 07:37 AM)DARK MANE Wrote: 1 female with 5 cubs and another female with one cub were seen. Later they found each other.
Hopefully the 7th cub join them too.
Heartbreaking, down from an original 11 to potentially 6! Maybe another went missing? They just lost one to the Nkhulus. It's just like I thought would happen to a pride abandoned by their coalition too soon. Let's hope at least a few survive....
(12-22-2022, 12:27 AM)Cath2020 Wrote: Heartbreaking, down from an original 11 to potentially 6! Maybe another went missing? They just lost one to the Nkhulus. It's just like I thought would happen to a pride abandoned by their coalition too soon. Let's hope at least a few survive..
If those 6 will survive then still it will be soon 5 adult females in the pride, so still pride has potentially great future ahead of themselfs.
"As guests were arriving for high tea in the afternoon, we saw that the Styx pride had made their way down towards the waterhole at Selati camp. We sat and watched as they found shady spots to hide from the last bit of sun before the clouds rolled in. We made our way there in our safari vehicles to have a closer look. It was a pride of 9 lions lounging around in the shade. We watched them for a little while before moving on to see what the rest of the afternoon had to offer."
(12-28-2022, 05:44 PM)lionuk Wrote: "As guests were arriving for high tea in the afternoon, we saw that the Styx pride had made their way down towards the waterhole at Selati camp. We sat and watched as they found shady spots to hide from the last bit of sun before the clouds rolled in. We made our way there in our safari vehicles to have a closer look. It was a pride of 9 lions lounging around in the shade. We watched them for a little while before moving on to see what the rest of the afternoon had to offer."
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7 cubs/subadults and 2 lionesses
Very good news.
All 7 cubs are fine.
How old are these cubs??
(12-29-2022, 06:08 AM)abbeyster Wrote: What are the ages of the last two lionesses?
The bboys daughter was born in second half of 2016 so probably 6.5 yrs old.
The majinglanis daughter was born in early 2011 so would be 12 yrs old in few weeks
(12-28-2022, 07:07 PM)lionuk Wrote: The oldest cubs by Rollercoaster daughter and Birmingham daughters were born in January/Febuary 2021
Youngest cubs by Majingilane daughter were born in September 2021
Very well then.
In couple of months a few girls will be 2 yrs old.
They would be most probably accepted (like Southern pride subadults girls) if a takeover happens.
Majingilane golden man daughter, matriarch of Styx pride, currently the 4th eldest lioness in sabi sands after old talamati girl and 2 old mangheni girls ( mapogo daughters).
She was born in January 2011.
