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Lions of Manyeleti

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Imbali male lion & S8 male lion and one Torchwood young lioness near Pungwe Safari Camp.

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(04-22-2021, 02:08 AM)Gijima Wrote: Throwback picture labeled as Silver Eye Talamati and Ndhuna Matimba. No pic credit: 


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It's a shame that Junior's sire also died prematurely in his prime.  The son followed suit with his own unfortunate demise.  I wonder how many cubs of his and Buddy's are left with the Mbiri Pride now that some of the lionesses haven't been seen in months?  Plus one of the sub males in the Skorro Breakaway Pride disappeared..... The Koppies offspring are gone, unknown status of the lone lioness and 5 cubs (now about a year old if any alive?)
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Up-close and personal with one of the Tintswalo males "Lambile" at Manyeleti Game Reserve
Manyeleti Male ? I recently had a chance to play tourist and visit somewhere I've never been and always wanted to visit - the Manyeleti. The pride in the area is currently dominated by a coalition of 5 of their own sons thanks to the demise of their father - rather inbred but unfortunately no other male wants to take on 5 healthy boys so the situation is unlikely to change soon! This boy was calling close to camp all night so we were pleased to find him chilling on a termite mound nearby first thing in the morning!
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Lambile is the Nharu male of the coalition, right?
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(04-26-2021, 06:41 PM)RookiePundit Wrote: Lambile is the Nharu male of the coalition, right?

Yes, Lambile is the Nharu male
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Offspring of Orpen males, 1 female and 1 male, with sister of Mbiri males Scar and Shaka :


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So safe to say the missing Tintswalo Male may in fact be gone? If so, that area just had the worst luck with their lion population the past year. He could be still with other lionesses but the chances of that are looking less and less now.
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(04-30-2021, 11:15 PM)Gijima Wrote: So safe to say the missing Tintswalo Male may in fact be gone? If so, that area just had the worst luck with their lion population the past year. He could be still with other lionesses but the chances of that are looking less and less now.

Its not know, whole 6 Mbiri lionesses together where not seen in ages.. He might be somewhere tho, maybe something like Nkuhuma male and his sister, but each day its getting less likely..

It would be shame tho, as that male was looking biggest of the 4 in bone structure..
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How many offspring did Junior and his coalition partner have total? I remember somebody mentioning some older sons
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(05-01-2021, 02:01 AM)Tonpa Wrote: How many offspring did Junior and his coalition partner have total? I remember somebody mentioning some older sons

2 in Skorro breakaway pride, but recently only 1 was seen, older male who looks to be sired by Buddy.

Orpens abandoned Skorro's fairly early, cubs where around 1 year old only.. So when Sumatra and Hercules came, they where forced to go nomadic, except that older male others where not even 2 yrs old.. So many of those subadults didnt survive..

I think now only 2 females and that male are alive..they lost 1 younger female and 1 male sired by Junior since breakeaway where starting to be seen more then year ago, there where 1 older female, 2 young males and 3 young females. 

Orpens where great coalition, but in a way they didnt "care" for their offspring.. As they abandoned both Skorro's and Koppies after they sired cubs with them and went to new prides.. Lack of competition in Manyeleti was certaintly factor there, as neigbouring prides Nharus/Mbiris in 2019, Koppies late 2019/early 2020 and Mbiris mid to late 2020 didnt have pride males so their exapansion was free and uncontested.
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It looks like Mbiri females are rejecting Tintswalos, Tintswalo said it has been very little mating between them.. It seems that females either still see them as their brothers/sons or because of that are rejecting them..

If that continues, Tintswalos might move off..
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Such a cool update comes from Manyeleti, The bigger Mbiri males was seen mating and apparently took-over the Mbiri pride in Manyeleti, interesting times ahead for the Tintswalo boys.
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