Kambula/Ntsevu males

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(05-26-2024, 01:48 AM)adamstocks16 Wrote: Thanks all, I agree it’s probably more appropriate for the guides/reserves to come up with names, I wasn’t trying to suggest they should be official or anything just get the impression for people new to following lions it can get confusing as we end up with some names being used multiple times. Also it’s quite random for example Mapogos, Majingilanes, Matimbas, Birminghams, Northern Avocas now Ndhzengas were all given names but then Selatis, Matshipiris, Southern Avocas and currently Gijimas don’t have them. Plains Camp Males one has a name the other one doesn’t. Just think we would benefit from a bit more consistency but ultimately whether they are named or not means nothing to the lions themselves. Would be interested to hear some other perspectives on the subject of naming lions and whether we think it’s necessary or not.

Yeah the repetitiveness is the issue with names like these. There have been quite a few Dark Manes just in Sabi Sands. There's even a current 'Dark-Maned' Gijima male. That's why names like 'three-tooth' are great because it's a lot less commonly used. Not that it's great that the boy lost his tooth.

With the consistency of naming, the difference I can see is the ones that got named were bigger coalitions, so maybe they are more likely to get named as there are more of them that you have to differentiate and distinguish, especially if you're a guide. But then the Ross males got names, and I'm sure other duos have. Reply