Lions of Sabi Sands

[Dangeroscos]

(04-08-2025, 09:56 PM)Mapokser Wrote: So a guide ( Deon ) has said a NK female has cubs.

Kambulas are potentially the fathers and are in the North right now. I hope they stay there long enough to meet the cubs if they survive long enough to be introduced to the pride.

We don't know much about what cubs means to male lions so maybe accepting cubs from a pride that accepts the Kambulas and in an area the Kambulas have been semi-territorial for a long time, will trigger something in these males, making them more willing to stick around and try harder to become dominant.


Anywyas, gotta reply to others in this post so I don't end up with 3 posts back to back.

@Ttimemarti while the pressure was big, it was the Matshipiri who ousted the S.Matimba, they were competing for the then Mangheni Breakaway pride when HB was found with a wound to his back and later already as a nomad interacting with Nsuku in the North.

@Dangeroscos I'm not 100% sure, as I can only speculate, but the PCM more or less have abandoned the area and fully abandoned the pride, only going there to chase invading males, and they barely show the willingness to do so.

They barely put the effort to chase the S.Avoca, and rather than pursuing him hard, they returned to give a beating to their son. They also were chasing at Talamati in slow motion despite him being mating with a female.

S.Matimba in their prime was one of the most powerful duos out there. Elephant Plains reports 2 of the Majingilane chasing their Styx sons in mid 2015, the commotion attracted the Matimba who pushed the 2 Majingi out of their own territory ( Elephant Plains' words ), they then roared and scent-marked in front of the lodge and the Majingi stayed silent, which EP claimed was strange as normally the Majingi would answer roars coming from there.

Then just after being ousted by Bboys, Matimba arrived in Londolozi and the 3 stronger Majingi showed up to oust them, but were stalemated by Ginger and HB in a back and forth chasing match throughout all morning "without a clear winner" as said by Londolozi. They had a fierce competition with Majingi from mid 2015 to mid 2016 and the S.Matimba were able to compete almost equally with the 3 more dominant Majingilane, only not putting up resistance when Hipscar Majingi would join his brothers, making them 4 strong. In one of the 3v2 clashes, despite being pushed east in the end, the Matimba managed to give a good beating on DM Majingi and land some blows on the other 2 without sustaining basically any injuries. The last clash was against 2 of the Majingi in August 2016, and the Majingi fled in silence as soon as they heard the Matimba coming and roaring.

PCM are very strong too and are evenly matched with the Ndhzenga, but I find it unlikely they'd be willing to fight a duo capable of matching 3 strong and experienced dominant males like the Majingilane, for a territory they barely care about, and a pride they have fuĺly abandoned.

Thanks for the insight. I understand. Southern matimbas really were something else?. Reply