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Lions of Timbavati
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 (03-12-2023, 05:47 PM)Tonpa Wrote: The two Older Kudyela males, it looks like they abandoned the small Singwe Pride and went across the river, seems they've now outsted their remaining fatherThey resemblances a lot to their fathers. Glad to see Machaton offspring thriving.
One of the Mayambula/Vlak young males in the KNP
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  (03-18-2023, 10:38 PM)BA0701 Wrote:(03-18-2023, 10:33 PM)Potato Wrote: Throwback to Giraffe male, father of the 6 Black Dam males He would be killed by taking over Xikukutsus and Mapoza or chase out and die shortly after as nomad. As lone male at the end of his prime he was at the end of his road that way or another.  (03-18-2023, 11:09 PM)Potato Wrote:(03-18-2023, 10:38 PM)BA0701 Wrote:(03-18-2023, 10:33 PM)Potato Wrote: Throwback to Giraffe male, father of the 6 Black Dam males Couldn’t he join his 6 sons? If it did go down like that? I mean how old was he when he disappeared?  (03-19-2023, 12:37 AM)Ttimemarti Wrote: Couldn’t he join his 6 sons?Maybe he could. If he would manage to do so then his odds for survival would be much better through it is rare that dynamic develop that way father leaves pride with his sons and form a coalition with them, it is not impossible through. (03-19-2023, 03:05 AM)Potato Wrote: Maybe he could. If he would manage to do so then his odds for survival would be much better through it is rare that dynamic develop that way father leaves pride with his sons and form a coalition with them, it is not impossible through. I think he disapeared before young males left Sandrigham and went nomadic (if i remember correctly). 
1/2 Orion Males, Donald son of the Machaton males
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Tanda Tula update
was off drive for a couple of days and could hear the roars of the Giraffe Pride as they continued to move around the plains; when I returned to drive later in the week, I was greeted with the news that the pride had killed a massive male giraffe less than a kilometer from camp, and I knew that we would have some good lion viewing for a day or two. What I wasn’t expecting was five days of viewing of the pride on their kill before they eventually moved back to the plains to sleep off their well-fed bellies. The pride all feasted for a full four days before they started to peel off, but even then, they stayed close enough to keep the hundreds of vultures that had gathered in the area at bay. When the lions eventually gave up on getting any more from the now putrid remains of the giraffe, more than a dozen hyenas descended upon the carcass to get stuck into the bones, hide, and inaccessible meat that the lions could not reach. As amazing as the scene was, I couldn’t help but feel for the vultures that had spent six days waiting for their turn and were now unlikely to get anything from it. What was wonderful to see were many of the endangered hooded vultures hanging around the kill, as well as at least four or five of the rarer Cape vultures in the area.  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author When the lions did leave, they gave us a day of wonderful viewing as they played and hunted on the plains in both the morning and the evening. The next day the pride had moved a few kilometers to the east but remained on the property for the entire week. I just hope that this doesn’t mean that they will soon be spending an extended period away from our concession.  *This image is copyright of its original author If they do, it seems as though the lions in the east will have to be some good substitutes – and that is not a bad thing. Steve tracked down the nine members of the Sark Breakaway pride one afternoon in the central region as they too rested off fat bellies on the cooling sands of the Zebenine riverbed. The pride spent another couple of days in the area as the week ended. The three River Pride lionesses were seen on consecutive days with a kill closer to Tanda Tula Safari Camp, and two of the Vuyela males also spent much of the week with a buffalo kill just off our access road in the central region. The Birmingham Breakaway males were also found east of Safari Camp, meaning that the only lions that didn’t contribute to this week’s viewing were the Mayambula Pride – but with the River Pride pushing back into their old territory with the formidable force of the five Vuyela males, I do suspect that we will be seeing less and less of the Mayambula Pride.  *This image is copyright of its original author
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