Lions of Timbavati

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(11-24-2024, 12:48 AM)adamstocks16 Wrote: @BA0701 Yeah watching Imbali Male and Dark Mane go out the way they did was tough to take, ultimately it was a combination of diseases and buffalo which did it for both of them. 

Also agree with your assessment of the black spot potentially being the result of or at least linked to the protruding growths we also see on many of the affected lions around their hip area. The two that spring to mind to me in that regard are Nsuku and Sizanani, who essentially wasted away due to whatever affliction this is.

An example of these sharp lesions that TB causes on the bones. There was another video that also showed these lesions even better, on the hip bones of a lion, but I do not seem able to find that video now. I know I shared it here a few years ago, but using any search engine or website search function, to search for TB doesn't work, not enough letters. The bones in this image, as with any bones, generally, should be nice and smooth.

*This image is copyright of its original author

This is the video that I captured this image from:

Interestingly enough, this video states that the large lumps we often see on lions elbows is also caused by being infected with TB. While looking for the original video, I came across this one, and this is the first time I have heard those elbow lumps, called hygroma, being associated with TB. Mohawk is the first lion that came to mind, when I think of these elbow lumps, as he has some rather large ones.

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