Lions of Sabi Sands

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(12-06-2024, 09:26 PM)RookiePundit Wrote:

(12-06-2024, 08:43 PM)BA0701 Wrote:

(12-06-2024, 04:33 PM)sunless Wrote:

(12-06-2024, 04:12 PM)Guillermo94 Wrote: Thanks. Hopefully she can take her cubs. This lionesses was very good lionesses to her sister Gingerella. In the west with Gingerella, and plain camp male lions at almost eight years of age, and their daughters growing she would and hopefully will have a lot of support. Hopefully her cubs can be happy and grow. Only problem would be lionesses in the west now is Mahangenie, and Othowas. Hopefully Gingerella can help her.

Correct me If I am wrong but from what I can remember the older Ximunghwe lioness is not related to the Gingerella, is this true? Also with having an older lioness like the older Ximunghwe lioness (Selati's Daughter) is a plus for them as they have an experienced lioness and been more aggressive to other prides (Mangheni, Tsalala, Othawa and NK Breakaway) even though they only consist of 2 adult and 2 subadult. They are more or less the reason that some members of the said pride are deceased.

As @T_Ferguson mentioned, Gingerella came from the Othawa Pride, driven out with two sub brothers, when the Tumbelas took over the pride. The three of them went into Kruger, and Gingerella and the younger of the two brothers returned to Sabi Sands a while later, with the older brother having not been seen since. The younger brother disappeared not long after they returned to SS, and Gingerella eventually partnered up with the lone Ximungwe lioness, as the remain partners to this day. Their partnership appears to be a tight one, as when they happened upon Gingerella's own mother, Sassy, who, at that time, was herself the last remaining Othawa adult, along with 3 sub females, the two Ximungwes, attacked Sassy, and she eventually died of her wounds.

They were 4 total, Gingerella, her 2 littermates brothers and one bit older young male who IIRC was believed to be sired by Dark Mane Majingilane. Something likely happened to them in Kruger as they were seen split with Gingerella returning to Western Sector with one of his brothers (who perished) and the other two ended up staying in Kruger whatever happened to them there.

Wasn't Sassy actually put down as she was in a strange state and started behaving oddly around vehicles?

Yes, Sassy was eventually euthanized, for that very reason, acting oddly around the safari trucks. It all resulted from the beating she took at the paws of Xim and Gingerella, she never recovered from that, she left the three subs, and stayed by herself, being seen in worse condition with each new sighting, then began approaching the safari trucks in a strange way.. Reply