The Matshapiri Males

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If it was ever worth going on safari in the rain, it was on Wednesday when this happened: Mxabene male leopard stuck in the top of a tree with 6 Mhangeni breakaway lionesses and 2 Matshipiri male lions below him! This is what went down according to guide Mauritz...

"When we arrived at the sighting where we had been seeing Mxabene for the last 2 days (after he was seen making a kill), we found the 6 Mhangeni breakaway females and 2 Matshipiri males under the tree. They had stolen what was left of the impala kill and chased Mxabene up another marula tree close by. While this was happening, one male started mating with a female, the rest walked around vocalising, and the second male stood at the foot of the tree Mxabene was in and the two were growling and hissing at one another. We left them like that - Mxabene still in the tree - and the next morning found the lions had moved on to make another kill on a neighbouring property. We also found the honeymoon couple mating not too far from the kill. No sign of Mxabene."

credits umkumbe safari lodge

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