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Marthly 3:2 Male (Tyson)

Sons: 
2009: Litter: Nyelethi 4:3 Male + Nyelethi 2:3 Young male + Nanga 4:3 Female (Moya) -----> Mother: Nyelethi 4:4 Female 
2011: Nhlanguleni 3:2 Female -----> Mother: Tutlwa 4:3 Female 
2012: Nkoveni 2:2 Female -----> Mother: Mashaba 3:3 Female
           Tatowa 3:3 Female -----> Mother: Ximpalapala 4:4 Female

2001 - 2015

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Unique Markings: Long mane.

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Torn right ear.

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Left hand side has a small third spot.

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This unmistakeable male began being viewed more regularly from 2010 onwards, pushing in from the north of the reserve and forcing the dominant Camp Pan male out. His characteristic mane and notched right ear were easily recognisable. Almost immediately upon his encroachment into the territories of the females along the river, they all began falling pregnant, providing further evidence to support the theory that the ageing Camp Pan male may have become infertile in his old age.

The Marthly male quickly established himself as the dominant male along the Sand River towards the end of 2011, and the Camp Pan male was forced further south.

Towards the end of 2012 the slightly younger Gowrie male began encroaching from the north, forcing the Marthly male to consolidate his territory along an east-west line through the centre of the Marthly property. Venturing as far south as the Maxabene river, the territory was still large enough to allow for adequate mating access to females

By mid-2014 however, the Marthly male was hardly ever viewed north bank of the Sand River, yet he continued to be be active between the Maxabene and Londolozi Camps.

Caught between the newly arrived Piva and Inyathini males in the south and the 4:4 male to the west, the Marthly male was eventually forced out of his territory altogether, and was nomadic as of the beginning of 2015.

Forced to keep a low profile, avoiding other big males in the area, his condition steadily deteriorated and he was viewed for the last time on Londolozi in winter of 2015, very undernourished and with a number of injuries.

It is assumed that he died shortly after, as after one or two sightings on other properties, he was not seen again.

Territory:
This male found himself sandwiched between a number of other dominant males throughout his life but managed to hold territory in Marthly, along the Sand River and later northern Sparta. In his later years, he spent a great deal of time south of the Sand River and north of Main Road where there are a number of prominent termite mounds. He would use these as vantage points as well as easy spots to sit and stake out warthog burrows.

2009

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2012

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2013

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2014

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2015

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