Coalitions of Kruger National Park

[sik94]

(04-07-2020, 07:46 PM)Tr1x24 Wrote:

(04-07-2020, 06:47 AM)sik94 Wrote: People have asked what happened to the Mohlabetsi male and his sons after the Machaton males drove them out of Balule in August 2017. It should be noted that there was an unrealted male in the coalition 'Blondie' who died during the takeover. No one seems to know what happened to the Mohlabetsi male, though like his brother Duma he probably perished from the ravages of being a lone nomad. However, a couple of different commentators (not rangers or guides) have stated that the 6 Maseke males seen around Chacma Bush Camp and Mopaya Lodge (Maseke reserve is adjacent north of Balule) are in fact the Mohlabetsi males. I'm just putting this idea out there as the timeline of the Maseke males appearance at Chacma fits nicely with the exodus of the Mohlabetsi sons from Blaule.
Edit: The picture is of one of the mohlabetsi males(2017) and of one of the maseke males(2019) at chacma bush camp. The whiskers pattern is very similar.ell they might be, as Mohlabetsi males where last seen going north after arrival of Machaton males. So they are somewhere north of Balule, the Maseke males where introducent in Maseke Game reserve in December 2017,but they stated that they where here for few months, so timelines matches. 

But their numbers dont match, by the arrival of Machaton males, there where 6 Mohlabetsi males in coalition (father, unrelated young male Blondie and 4 sons, originaly there where 6 sons, but idk what happened to 2 of them). Then Blondie was killed by Machatons, so that means 5 of the Mohlabetsis ( father and 4 sons) where still alive and where going north. 
Maybe somebody has more insight on this.

Well out of the 8, blondie was killed by the Machatons. There were 4 quite young males in the coalition, probably under 3 years old the youngest 2. The old Mohlabetsi male was probably older than 10 as well, tbh they did good to make it and become dominant without splintering into a much smaller coalition. Although I also have my doubts as to if these really are the Mohlabetsis but the numbers not exactly matching doesn't make any difference in my opinion. Reply