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Beautiful Birmingham male last night on our drive. He was on serious mission walking in the distance where the roaring of other lions came from. Credits to PJD Photography and Guiding.
- We got woken up this morning by lots of roaring going on around Nkorho open area. As we left the lodge to go see whats left of the Buffalo, we discovered that the other two Birminghams have joined their brothers at the kill.
From Nkorho Bush Lodge
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BB #4
Credits to Tristan and Grayson Dicks Wildlife Photography
We were able to spend some time with the Nkuhuma pride along with two of their cubs. There was one Birmingham male in attendance. Images by Andrew Khosa
Photo and information credits: PJD Photography and Guiding "One of the Birmingham boys after he had a drink. They managed to kill a sub adult buffalo a few days ago."
08-09-2016, 08:01 PM( This post was last modified: 08-09-2016, 08:17 PM by Tshokwane )
(08-09-2016, 03:11 PM)Devlit Wrote: hi guys,
was just wondering, which birmingham males have fathered the styx cubs & the nkuhuma cubs?
Hi Devlit.
I have no idea which specific male fathered the cubs, considering all of them mate with the lionesses. And that is a good thing, relatively, in that all of them think they are the fathers.
What I can tell you is that sometimes one or two males will prefer to be with a pride, while their brothers will prefer to stay with the other pride.
Quote:and do both prides/cubs interact?
Different prides are bitter enemies, just as different coalitions are, so no, they don't interact.
-Started our morning by tracking and finding the Styx females with six cubs as well as one Birmingham male on a sub-adult Kudu kill, just about 500 meters south of our lodge.
was just wondering, which birmingham males have fathered the styx cubs & the nkuhuma cubs?
Hi Devlit.
I have no idea which specific male fathered the cubs, considering all of them mate with the lionesses. And that is a good thing, relatively, in that all of them think they are the fathers.
What I can tell you is that sometimes one or two males will prefer to be with a pride, while their brothers will prefer to stay with the other pride.
Quote:and do both prides/cubs interact?
Different prides are bitter enemies, just as different coalitions are, so no, they don't interact.
thanks for your reply majingilane.
that's so interesting, as I'm sure the brothers will interact again, and they've all probably been mating with majority of same females, but the females and cubs will stay away from other females and their cubs from different prides.
incredible how many cubs have been born and hopefully there is stability in the region for some time and they can grow into strong sub adults and further.
08-11-2016, 09:04 PM( This post was last modified: 08-11-2016, 09:15 PM by Tshokwane )
First and foremost, I have to warn you that this is bloody amazing.
Ignore the ridiculous "females showing the males who's boss" of the driver. Women love to believe in their own fantasies and go from being overprotective, to the gu gu-ga ga voice they reserve for the kids(or cubs in this case) and then to trying to make us men/lions to behave, as if that is going to happen sometime in their life time...
Rather, I want you to concentrate on the action between the males. At first is not clear what's happening, but I think it's a simple case of one of the females being in oestrus and two of the males showing interest in her, with one of them guarding her. Another one gets in the action as well, but I think the 1 vs 1 fight of later is between males #3 and #4, with #3 being the one that wins. I'm asking around in the groups to know who's the third male.
For all that lions look good in pictures, I think this is were is the beauty of them. To see their huge, muscled bodies moving at such speed and, at the same time, how quickly their interests change, turning against one another when their cause is no longer the case, as it happens with #3 and #4 fighting each other after attacking together the third male.
