Maps of Sabi Sand Coalitions Males and Prides

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(11-24-2022, 02:43 AM)RookiePundit Wrote:

(11-24-2022, 01:07 AM)BA0701 Wrote:

(11-23-2022, 06:24 PM)hotbit Wrote: Around 130 lions, as reserve area is 650 sq km (if I found correctly), on average density is 1 lion per 5 sq km.
Density seems to be at least two times higher than in Kruger Park (~12 sq km for a lion: area 19632 sq km, lions ~1650)

If Willem Botha's often quoted remark about the Mapogos killing 100 lions is accurate, it shows just how destructive to the lion population they were, the very definition of a wrecking crew. If true, they wiped out nearly every lion in Sabi Sands, based on this current data. Perhaps the population was a lot more dense back then.

More importantly they failed at siring succesful replacement, most notably also due to the infanticide of the coalition progeny that gave MrT the Satan monicker. And with the current Othawa pride fate, there is potentially even more dead ends of their bloodline.

That's true and so sad.  The Othawa Pride probably has the last of the Mapogo legacy from when the Mapogos were together.  That means the potential bloodline of Rasta, Pretty Boy, Makhulu, and Dreadlocks. I don't know of any other pride with their bloodline out there.  One of the reasons why I think they resonate with so many lion fans.  All of their sons were euthanized, wrongly so, and these were their last daughters and their offspring (You could argue that Sabi Sands 'owes' a debt to the Mapogos for putting down their sons).  The odds of the 3 young females surviving are lowish....so I am trying not to get too attached to their plight, hard as it is.  They stand a good chance of probably being taken out by the PC Males eventually....and perhaps the B'hams.  They will have to evade all these males for at least the next 1-2 years. This pride is definitely the most followed and popular, perhaps out of all the prides known right now.  If they all perish, I will take a long break from following lions at the very least. Reply