the Selati coalition

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Southern Pride/Selati male lions in 2011

Here original text and photographic Posted by Greg Coates
Friday, June 24, 2011

"Probably the sighting of the last two weeks was the Southern Pride taking down a buffalo right outside the lodge. As we departed on morning drive we came across the large herd of buffalo in Savanna big clearing, which is not unusual, but they seemed restless and movement in the grass revealed why. Barely fifty meters from the herd were four young males and one young female from the southern pride.

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They had just taken down a buffalo bull and were starting to feed while the herd looked on. The pride was somewhat uneasy though and kept a high vigil, the slightest disturbances sending them running from the carcass. We later found out the reason for their nervousness was that they had just had an encounter with the Majingilane coalition in the east which proved fatal for one of the young males. So with their confidence low and knowing that they were in Mapogo territory they just could not settle down and actually left the carcass during the day and went back east."  

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And These pics were taken in sep 2011 at Elephant plains or Arathusa

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