The Mighty Mapogos

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Sunday, May 29, 2011

Mapogo and Ximungwe Pride
Posted by Greg Coates

The big news is that the Ximungwe pride has two new bubs! They were first seen a couple weeks ago when the mother was moving them across a dry river bed but since then we have not seen them much. They look to now be about 6 weeks old. Otherwise the other four cubs are still doing well. Sataan has continued his courting efforts and is still paired off with a Ximungwe lioness after three weeks! Skoro has also been mating so it is not only the impalas doing their thing at the moment. Makhulu has been on his own most of the time except for one morning when he met up with three Ximungwe lionesses on the hunt. They killed a young impala which  Makhulu claimed and sent the lionesses on their way to try catch something for themselves...which they did! They caught another impala and managed to eat it without being interrupted as Makhulu was busy with the first kill. He ate the whole thing in one sitting and moved off west, no doubt in search of the lionesses again.

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