Mangheni Pride

[Mapokser]

(08-22-2023, 06:58 AM)criollo2mil Wrote:

(08-22-2023, 06:52 AM)Mapokser Wrote: Don't get me wrong, I hope they are truly Mangheni cubs, though with so many mistakes by rangers regarding this recently ( hell, different Singita rangers and their official mouthly report mentioned 2 new cubs ) and the fact one female was seen mating just a few weeks ago, and another one early last month, it makes me skeptical.

I understand and don’t blame you for being leery.

Ok this is very confusing. I asked a friend of mine who had talked to the rangers before, and he told me that when the footage of the 2 suppose new cubs came to light, he asked the rangers about it on the first of August.

One ranger replied the same thing they were been saying for a while: 3/3 younger Manghenis are mothers of the 9 cubs, and the elder one has 2 new cubs;

The other gave a more detailed reply, saying the mother wasn't the female who was mating, but the other one, and that he believed he had seen the new cubs with their mother in the last few days ( meaning end of July ).

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Issue is that I'm pretty sure he thinks the lioness who was mating, mentioned in the question, was the one mating in the last few days, shared in a video from Singita, while the claimed mother is the other one, but this is the one Londolozi reported to have mated early last month.

Here the claimed Mangheni mother mating some 1 month and 3 weeks ago:

https://blog.londolozi.com/2023/07/21/th...tures-606/

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And here her sister mating on July 24th ( ranger also confirmed that he did filmed that in the mentioned day ):

https://www.instagram.com/p/CvFnmq0KHe2/

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So I wonder what's going on, how can the mother have cubs of at least 1 month of age when she was mating less than 2 months ago? Maybe some fake mating for whatever reason? And if so, how many cubs, 2 or 3? Reply