History's most brutal killers, the Majingilane Male Lions

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No recent but, this is a longer version of a little family assembly involving Scar Nose Majingilane, the kambula lionesses, 3 Tsalala/Marthly males and the younger Avoca boy!  

Credits to  Photowildsa Pictures and footage taken at AndBeyond Kirkmans Kamp.


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2018-01-18 | Evelyn Coremans

With several lion sightings over the last few days, and a good number of different prides and coalitions on the property, we were hoping for some exciting sightings when we left the lodge looking for three subadult male lions from the Marthly coalition. 
 
These three had been seen last the night before but being nomadic male lions we knew we were in for a long tracking expedition. And sure enough, after tracking them for a while we found them along the banks of the Sand River surrounded by river reeds, feeding on what appeared to be last night’s buffalo kill. 
 

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While sitting with them, another subadult male lion from the Avoca coalition showed up, starting a fight over the carcass. Finally though, they all growlingly shared the kill. 
 

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Some time passed while we watched the four subadult males feed, when suddenly we heard some rustling in the reeds behind the vehicle. I turned over my shoulder to look and saw a huge dominant male lion watching the four younger males. 
 

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The dominant male then started to roar, startling the others. Three of them ran off while the big male charged the one that had decided he was not giving up this kill. The big male eventually chased off the last of the young males after a short but ferocious fight. 
 

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After that, four lionesses that accompanied the dominant male joined in and took over the carcass. The three brothers from the Marthly coalition went their own way and the Avoca male joined up with his brother the next day.
 

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