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(09-20-2018, 09:03 PM)J-boVFL Wrote: Does anyone here think that since a 4th kambula lioness has apparently given birth that the 3 boys will venture west to seek out the mhangeni females or elsewhere to continue to spread their genes?
Also It looks like atleast one of them is not able to bear any cubs so far
This is the one, she has the dark skin tone, which a number of commentator's believe she inherited from Dark mane Majingilane. Lately the Nstevu Lionesses and the Birmingham Males have been mating. This lioness is the only one of the six sisters who we have not seen yet producing cubs. She sat alongside this Marula tree and watched her sister mate with on of the Birmingham males. Credit, image by Kylie Jones at Londolozi, posted August 10, 2018.
She looks alot like the dark maned manjingilane, the new kambula cubs have the genes of mapogo manjings and the birminghams and also the tsalala bloodline . I look forward to seeing them thrive under the protection of 3 primed males kings of malamala and most of londolozi
(09-20-2018, 09:03 PM)J-boVFL Wrote: Does anyone here think that since a 4th kambula lioness has apparently given birth that the 3 boys will venture west to seek out the mhangeni females or elsewhere to continue to spread their genes?
Also It looks like atleast one of them is not able to bear any cubs so far
This is the one, she has the dark skin tone, which a number of commentator's believe she inherited from Dark mane Majingilane. Lately the Nstevu Lionesses and the Birmingham Males have been mating. This lioness is the only one of the six sisters who we have not seen yet producing cubs. She sat alongside this Marula tree and watched her sister mate with on of the Birmingham males. Credit, image by Kylie Jones at Londolozi, posted August 10, 2018.
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these lionesses are huge when they stand next male lions they are almost shoulder to shoulder probably big as the lionesses from duba botswana! but they were lucky when they broke away from their moms the magheni lion pride their were taking down alot of bovine! unlike this season when their younger siblings broke off their was a shortage of buffaloes!
J-boVFL Wrote:Does anyone here think that since a 4th kambula lioness has apparently given birth that the 3 boys will venture west to seek out the mhangeni females or elsewhere to continue to spread their genes?
Also It looks like atleast one of them is not able to bear any cubs so far
This is the one, she has the dark skin tone, which a number of commentator's believe she inherited from Dark mane Majingilane. Lately the Nstevu Lionesses and the Birmingham Males have been mating. This lioness is the only one of the six sisters who we have not seen yet producing cubs. She sat alongside this Marula tree and watched her sister mate with on of the Birmingham males. Credit, image by Kylie Jones at Londolozi, posted August 10, 2018.
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these lionesses are huge when they stand next male lions they are almost shoulder to shoulder probably big as the lionesses from duba botswana! but they were lucky when they broke away from their moms the magheni lion pride their were taking down alot of bovine! unlike this season when their younger siblings broke off their was a shortage of buffaloes!
the kambulas were much older when they broke away. they were already independent and were probably around 4 to 5 years old, but their younger siblings were around 2 years old (not old enough) when they were abandoned.
J-boVFL Wrote:Does anyone here think that since a 4th kambula lioness has apparently given birth that the 3 boys will venture west to seek out the mhangeni females or elsewhere to continue to spread their genes?
Also It looks like atleast one of them is not able to bear any cubs so far
This is the one, she has the dark skin tone, which a number of commentator's believe she inherited from Dark mane Majingilane. Lately the Nstevu Lionesses and the Birmingham Males have been mating. This lioness is the only one of the six sisters who we have not seen yet producing cubs. She sat alongside this Marula tree and watched her sister mate with on of the Birmingham males. Credit, image by Kylie Jones at Londolozi, posted August 10, 2018.
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these lionesses are huge when they stand next male lions they are almost shoulder to shoulder probably big as the lionesses from duba botswana! but they were lucky when they broke away from their moms the magheni lion pride their were taking down alot of bovine! unlike this season when their younger siblings broke off their was a shortage of buffaloes!
the kambulas were much older when they broke away. they were already independent and were probably around 4 to 5 years old, but their younger siblings were around 2 years old (not old enough) when they were abandoned.
Not 4-5, even now they are little more than 5 year old.
They were born in 2013 and when they were in 3 to 3.5 year old they became independent.
J-boVFL Wrote:Does anyone here think that since a 4th kambula lioness has apparently given birth that the 3 boys will venture west to seek out the mhangeni females or elsewhere to continue to spread their genes?
Also It looks like atleast one of them is not able to bear any cubs so far
This is the one, she has the dark skin tone, which a number of commentator's believe she inherited from Dark mane Majingilane. Lately the Nstevu Lionesses and the Birmingham Males have been mating. This lioness is the only one of the six sisters who we have not seen yet producing cubs. She sat alongside this Marula tree and watched her sister mate with on of the Birmingham males. Credit, image by Kylie Jones at Londolozi, posted August 10, 2018.
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these lionesses are huge when they stand next male lions they are almost shoulder to shoulder probably big as the lionesses from duba botswana! but they were lucky when they broke away from their moms the magheni lion pride their were taking down alot of bovine! unlike this season when their younger siblings broke off their was a shortage of buffaloes!
the kambulas were much older when they broke away. they were already independent and were probably around 4 to 5 years old, but their younger siblings were around 2 years old (not old enough) when they were abandoned.
Not 4-5, even now they are little more than 5 year old.
They were born in 2013 and when they were in 3 to 3.5 year old they became independent.
thanks for the correction. being 3.5 is much bigger and more experience than going independent between 2 to 2.5 years old, hence they were more successful at taking down buffalos. i remember the 3 mangheni males, brothers to the kambula girls, were already huge when they went nomadic compared to the younger siblings we see now struggling to take down buffalo even with 9 males.
One of my favourite sightings of the week was finding two of the Birmingham Male lions lying in the sand in the middle of the Sand River. Credit: Londolozi blog, images by James Souchon, posted September 21, 2018
Tsalala/Marthly lioness mating with one of the Birmingham males.
Londolozi GR,posted 09/21/2018.
Photo credit to Bruce Arnott(Field Guide at Londolozi Private Game Reserve)
