Leopards of Sabi Sands

[Ngala]

From Sabi Sabi Private Game Reserve, 09 Oct. '17:
"We were fortunate enough to find the White Dam male mating with the Msuthlu female. Just as we thought things couldn’t get more exciting, we noticed Maxabeni approaching these two and caught them in the act. Msuthlu dashed away and White Dam immediately showed submission towards his father, Maxabeni, who is also the territorial male in the area. Maxabeni did not fight with White Dam, maybe because he knew that White Dam is his son and maybe because White Dam showed immediate submission, but Maxabeni did show him who is in charge by a few thrilling growls and both went to relax on opposite sides of a big termite mound. What really amazed us was that Msuthlu returned after a while and started mating with Maxabeni while White Dam was watching and then she walked all around the termite mound to the other side and started mating with White Dam as well. She did this a few times, alternating between the two males until she decided to go and take a well-deserved rest. This is truly something I have never seen before, my Tracker Zeblon, who has been working for Sabi Sabi for about 17 years said this was a first for him as well."

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