the Selati coalition

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Credits:  Greg Coates
Sunday, May 27, 2012

The lodge has been so busy over the last few months that I literally have not had a chance to blog! The sightings have however remained amazing as always and here is a brief summary of the predator viewing since Feb.
Probably the headline news is the four young Southern Pride males (now known as the Selati Males) taking over from the three old Mapogo’s. The Selati brothers had been exploring Mapogo territory for a few months but had always retreated at the sign of a confrontation. One night in March however the Selati Males came across the Mapogo’s on a buffalo kill in front of the lodge and split the older males up. Sataan was separated and the Selati males chased him for many kilometres before catching him and viciously attacking him (video). Sataan eventually died of his wounds and the two remaining Mapogo’s, Makhulu and Skoro, have been roaming nomadically to our east ever since.

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The Selati Males moved on to claim the territory and seek out the Ximungwe and Ottawa prides, roaring their presence and killing buffalo along the way. They came close to catching the Ximungwe pride – but the lionesses fought back and have since been hiding their cubs on the extremities of the concession. The Ottawa pride was not so lucky though as the males successfully seeked them out and killed their four young cubs. With the cubs gone the females are back in season and all three females have spent the last week courting with the new males"

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Here is a video from 2012 of the Young boys

Credits to:Renate Lehmann Reply