Lion tales

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https://blog.londolozi.com/2016/03/25/the-week-in-pictures-224/#comment-1248968

Mid 2015 - late 2016

Southern Matimbas vs Majingilanes warfare part  9

March:

The Majingilane came roaring back onto Londolozi last night, and the sounds of them fighting with the Matimba coalition reverberated through the darkness at 4am this morning, not far from camp. As it stands, three of the Majingilane are currently on the Londolozi airstrip whilst the Matimba males appear to have retreated into the Sand River. How long until the Matimba males' tenuous hold on the area breaks? 

 our guess is that the Majingilane will simply head back west this evening. That is generally what they have done after previous altercations. Tufts of mane and a pool of blood were found at the scene of the fight this morning so it must have been quite a scrap!

The majingelane male have been in yet another fight with Matimba males. The videos and pictures were shot on the 22 march 2016 few days after the fight,it  shows three of the four males nursing the wounds. Dark mane have few scratch marks, a deep wound on his lips and chin and is limping a little. Golden mane have  wound on his flank and Scarnose have very little scratches on him. Filmed on ‎March ‎22, ‎2016:

By safari guide Sean Cresswell:

Hi Chris. Thank you for your comment, but believe otherwise. Although the two Matimba males were separated by quite a distance for several days following the Majingilane’s arrival, tracks indicated that they were together at the start of the night and during the encounter. In previous sightings involving a convergence of the two coalitions we have observed the clear determination and eagerness to attack by dark maned Majingilane; often seeing him leave the other two behind as he chases towards Matimba’s. Tracks indicated that one lion had been mauled severely before the Matimba split occurred. Therefore, dark maned Majingilane must have caught up to slowly fleeing Matimba’s, who saw him alone and both attacked for a brief time before the second and third Majingilane males caught up. This would’ve been enough time to inflict the injuries to him. Secondary injuries to another Majingilane male would have happened soon thereafter and the fight which progressed could have split the Matimba’s while the Majingilane regrouped. Two of the three had superficial injuries. Hipscar Majingilane male was not present at all, and we believe there isn’t a connection between Matimba males and Othawa pride as they have not come near to contacting each other recently.

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