Lions of Sabi Sands

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(11-14-2023, 04:08 PM)Tonpa Wrote:

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(11-12-2023, 09:21 AM)Tonpa Wrote: Black Dam Males this morning


They also mentioned S8 Males autopsy results, he had TB and his cheek was cracked. They also found a hornets nest in his genital region...

Cheek was cracked, what does that mean the inside or outside of his cheek was chapped? Hornets nest in his genital region, so those weren't ticks that I saw congregating? That is the craziest thing I've ever heard.

That was all the details unfortunately regarding that wound, "A cracked cheek" word for word. They think he had some interaction with a buffalo shortly before he died. 

The hornets nest thing sounds so bizarre to me, I'm guessing the TB, a facial fracture and repeated stinging just overwhelmed his body?

Bizarre is the perfect adjective for the hornets nest. I remember thinking those "ticks" looked huge. Man, such a great, awesome, male lion, to go out like that is terrible, but as we all know, too well, this is how difficult their lives can be, all too often, unfortunately.

More information was given today, there was no hornets nest, it was a case of mishearing down the grapevine of a horn wound.

"Necropsy revealed lesions in the lungs consistent with tuberculosis...as well as an abdominal infection, peritonitis, from a punctured intestine. There was a small wound under the back right leg that was almost completely healed but it looked like he was hooked by a Buffalo and that's what punctured the intestine"

Ok, fantastic, thank you for sharing this. It now makes so much more sense, peritonitis is a deadly illness, that I have personally seen kill people very quickly. Reply