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Plains Camp male and Ntsevu lioness
Photo credit: Dan Hirschowitz  *This image is copyright of its original author
I think that might be K6. That's a pretty big Lioness, and I think that lines up with what I recall of K6. Nice to see her that close to the "big" PCM to put some perspective on that.
Elephant Plains Lion Sightings 15-21 April 2024
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Question how is this tsalala girl related to the older two mhangenis the mhangenis girls mother and the tsalala females mother had the same mother or no? Mhangenis from the tsalala pride but it seems every breakaway porter the core pride is doing worse talamati and tsalala
Wow, I assume it was K6 with the PCM? Next to her Makhunga looks bigger than all other males who mated with her I think, Mohawk, BDM, Nhenha, OM and Ndhzengas. But even Makhunga doesn't look crazily big next to her, which is insane, what a beast of a lioness she is, a shame she can't have cubs.
Even Londolozi says in the article that Makhunga is possibly the biggest male in the SS ( only one I think may or may not be bigger is the blond Mantimahle, Makhunga's half-brother ). The biggest male and female in the SS mating, their offspring if K6 was fertile would be huge. But anyway, let's hope K6 don't attract the PCM to the Ndhzenhas like she did with the BDM or with the Avocas and OM towards Bboys.
@Ttimemarti The elder Manghenis are her half aunt IIRC.
(04-23-2024, 05:25 AM)Mapokser Wrote: @Ttimemarti The elder Manghenis are her half aunt IIRC. Gotcha! Thanks!
Compilation of the male lions that interacted with K6 or some other Ntsevu females, some photos are great for size comparison, others not so much.
Nhenha Birmingham and K6:  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author *This image is copyright of its original author Amahle Ndhzenga and 1/6 Ntsevu female:  *This image is copyright of its original author Eorenji Ndhzenga and K6:  *This image is copyright of its original author 1/4 Ndhzenga ( I believe Eorenji ) with 1/6 Ntsevu female:  *This image is copyright of its original author Makhunga PCM and K6: *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author Bigger BDM with K6:  *This image is copyright of its original author Fuller-maned Matshipiri with 1/6 Ntsevu female ( not K6 ):  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author Othawa Male and K6 ( not good for comparison as she's in front o him ):  *This image is copyright of its original author Old Scarnose Majingilane and his Ntsevu daughters, not great for comparison but still:  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author Mohawk Avoca & 1/6 Ntsevu females, again not great but it's something:  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author
That was a great post. Thank you. Girl gets around. She is such a huge Lioness, and it's proven time and time again next to basically every male in Sabi over the past 4 or 5 years.
On a lot of these photos for size comparisons there is "problem" of camera angle and position of lions on it, which appears as "illusion" for us.
For example, on this photos K6 is clearly closer to the camera, so she will appear bigger compared to male, than she actually is:  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author On this example, male is closer, so he will appear bigger:  *This image is copyright of its original author Best ones are like this, where both parties are very closely in straight line next to each other, on similar ground lvl and on equal distance from camera:  *This image is copyright of its original author Although, even here, because of the grass, we cant see ground lvl on which their feat are, if K6 is slightly on higher ground, she will appear taller compared to male than she actually is. Videos are way better for size comparisons, as we have multiple views from different angles and positions, where we can get better judgment of size, without 1 shot illusions. 
Londolozi posted this image, asking if anyone can identify these four males. A lot of people saying it is the Majins, but there is a lot of people also saying it is the B-Boys. I am sure someone here can ID them.
 (04-23-2024, 04:18 AM)Ttimemarti Wrote: Question how is this tsalala girl related to the older two mhangenis the mhangenis girls mother and the tsalala females mother had the same mother or no? Mhangenis from the tsalala pride but it seems every breakaway porter the core pride is doing worse talamati and tsalala Hi I sometimes forget. What I remember is that the Tsalala lioness mother hopefully resting in peace was a Magingilanes daughter. The Mahangeni pride daughters of the Mapogos who were born in the Tsalala pride also had daughters of the Magingilanes. I get confused, because I sometimes forget the relationship with the Tslalala lionesses, but they were not Mapogo daughters they were the Split Rock male lions daughters; I forget how many lionesses were left after the Mapogo daughters had their cubs, but it was some of the Mhangenies mothers. If they were the Mahangenis mothers than this Tslalala lioness mother was their half sister and or cousin. That makes the Mapogo daughters the two older lionesses their aunt to the Tsalala lioness. The two older daughters of the Mapogo daughters in the Mahangeni pride are daughters of Magingilanes and the youngest one of the pride is a Birmingham daughter like the Tsalala lioness. The Mapogo daughters are the two older lionesses and the grandma of the Tsalala lioness have the same mothers or aunts that are from the Tsalala lionesss but they are only related trough the Tsalala pride. |
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