The Mighty Mapogos

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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Mapogo Male Lions and Ximungwe Pride
Posted by Greg Coates

After having being somewhat disjointed the week before the brothers spent quite a lot of time together this week. Skoro did leave the coalition for a couple of days to court one of the Ximungwe females but otherwise it has been intensive patrolling of the territory including some impressive roaring displays. This may be due to the brief visit of the Southern Pride from the east who have some up and coming young males who might pose a threat to the Mapogo in the near future. On more than one occasion the coalition was seen in close proximity to the large herd of buffalo and then quite well fed the next day. With the abundance of young calves in the herds the brothers are making the most of what are comparatively easy pickings. All three brothers have now also been seen with the 7 month and 3 month old cubs so it seems that Sataan has accepted them (or will not attempt to kill them while Makhulu is still around!). Some sad news though is that the youngest cubs have not been seen since the end of Feb but the mother has been seen and she seems not to be lactating anymore which suggests that the four cubs did not make it. The female that Skoro was courting was also the same mother which further supports the notion that the cubs are dead. Could Sataan be responsible for their dissapearance?

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