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(07-23-2024, 12:36 AM)criollo2mil Wrote: Southern Pride Cub. Mini Gijima.
I wish we got more updates on the Southern Pride. When the Gijimas first took them over, and allowed the two young'uns to remain, we got updates rather frequently, after that it seems to have slowed way down.
(07-23-2024, 02:21 AM)BA0701 Wrote: I wish we got more updates on the Southern Pride. When the Gijimas first took them over, and allowed the two young'uns to remain, we got updates rather frequently, after that it seems to have slowed way down.
Jason Street used to do really great w providing sightings of them but he has now moved to Timbavati and we don’t get to see them as much. Hopefully we get more in the future
Encounter already discussed here, just adding the footage Savanna posted on their youtube channel (I assume the brave little that slapped Tumbela and scratched S.Avoca enters at 0:56, getting between them willingly):
(07-25-2024, 06:46 PM)RookiePundit Wrote: Encounter already discussed here, just adding the footage Savanna posted on their youtube channel (I assume the brave little that slapped Tumbela and scratched S.Avoca enters at 0:56, getting between them willingly):
S.Avoca still having "fire" in him, as those cubs aswell lol.
(07-25-2024, 06:46 PM)RookiePundit Wrote: Encounter already discussed here, just adding the footage Savanna posted on their youtube channel (I assume the brave little that slapped Tumbela and scratched S.Avoca enters at 0:56, getting between them willingly):
So Interesting they are eating together as if they are family. The Plain Camp male lions must have not been with the Mahangenis. This reminds me of the Southern Matimba male lions. The Southern Matimba male lions when they were older would start eating with the Othowa lionesses and cubs. I think they were around the age of the Southern Avoca or a bit younger but I think they had fought the Southern Avoca male lions.
The southern avoca and his brother arrived in the western sabi sands I forget what happened but it was the two of them and the othawa pride but I think the majinagline males eventually chased them out
07-27-2024, 08:12 AM( This post was last modified: 07-27-2024, 08:19 AM by Mapokser )
Photo by Tori Marie.
Is it just me or the Ximhungwe cubs from the Othawa Breakaway are freaks of nature?
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They always strike me as much bigger than their Mangheni half-brother ( cub #10 ) despite the fact he is a few weeks older. They might even rival some of the other Mangheni cubs.
Of course, cub #10 is always around his much older siblings which makes him look small, but also compared to the lionesses, the Ximungwe cubs always seems way bigger in comparison. I don't remember even the Nkuhuma Breakaways looking so big at 1yo ( or not even that, IIRC the Ximungwes will turn 1 next month ).
Mantimahle + Matimba blood is producing some big cubs and subadults.
Edit: and I almost forgot, but although from time to time I can see some resemblance between the cubs and the PCM, as well as them and their Mangheni half-brothers, they look a hella lot like their mother, sometimes looking like clones. If they had a brother I wonder if he'd grow to look like the Ginger Matimba that resembles the Othawa female so much.
