There is a world somewhere between reality and fiction. Although ignored by many, it is very real and so are those living in it. This forum is about the natural world. Here, wild animals will be heard and respected. The forum offers a glimpse into an unknown world as well as a room with a view on the present and the future. Anyone able to speak on behalf of those living in the emerald forest and the deep blue sea is invited to join.
The old Machaton with the Tb elbows is still around Balule, as I believe are his two brothers. He has had those elbows since 2014 when the four Machatons forayed into Shindzela and Ngala, but were repelled by the Northern Matimbas. These boys are the sons of the three Timbavati males who came into Motswari when the Old Sohebele male was still alive in 2009. Image by Themba1991, March 21, 2021.
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In that Sohebele pride video I uploaded the other day, the narrator said that one day the old Sohebele left and never returned. In fact he was seen 5 months later at a buffalo kill feeding with his son. Thereafter he was never seen again. His brother Dribbler was described by Greg McCall-Peat as the largest lion he has ever seen, and he was familiar with the three old Skybeds, Mapogos etc. Dribbler was infamously killed by a local landowner in 2006. First two shots are Dribbler. I apologise to the photgrapher as I don't know who took them.