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Matimba males conquest of northen Manyeleti Part 6

December:

Sizanani and Koppies:

The first sighting we had of these Lions was of a single female on a Buffalo kill on Buffalo plains. She was quickly joined by one of the other Koppies females and the two of them spent a few days feeding on the Buffalo. The third and youngest female hasn’t been seen in a while now, but we have seen tracks for one female around the Madache/ Tamboti area. After a careful calculation, we believe she may be preparing to have cubs. She was seen mating with the gimpy leg Sizanani male, as told about in the blog on the 23rd of September, and it is possible that she is now distancing herself from the other females in order to find a suitable den site. She’ll more than likely spend the first two months away from her pride mates, all the while imprinting herself onto her cubs.

The other two females were seen again in the company of the two Sizanani males just off a small track between Tamboti and Sable west. This was the only sighting we had of the males since the last sightings report.

Skybeds males:

Eric found two of these males once again at Skybeds dam in the north of the Manyeleti. They seem to come back to this particular dam fairly often and we’re hoping that the other seven males join them in the north of the Manyeleti. It should be a good area for them as the competition is very low in the north. If the new pride eventually settles here, it would be a largely unaccompanied pride.

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