Lions of Timbavati

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Tanda Tula update 

26.07.2019

New pride seen in central Timbavati and I guess Mbiris just wouldn't be themselfs if they wouldn't get in fight with somebody :)

It wasn’t just the leopards that were successful, but our Mayambula pride of lions had a blinding week of hunting success. With ten growing cubs to feed, the lionesses are out hunting on a nightly, and even daily basis as they proved this week. Their kill list (that they were seen eating) included a female kudu, a male kudu, a warthog, and a mother and young zebra. Despite their regular big meals, it wasn’t until the last day that their bellies actually looked fat and well rounded – a reminder of just how much food it takes to feed fourteen lions! Their hunting exploits shifted their range further west than the pride has ever moved, and it will be interesting to see how much further their push west extends. Reports of another pride of twelve lions (four lionesses and eight cubs) have started surfacing from the old, more traditional haunts of the Mayambula Pride, but it is not certain if this new pride is the reason for the Mayambula’s movements, or whether they have merely moved into the void left by the pride. 

The Mbiri males spent some time with the pride, but when we caught up with them later in the week, both males were walking with bad limps – nothing to be alarmed about, but a sign that they may well have been involved in another skirmish with some intruding lions. The only sign of the River Pride were tracks on our northern boundary, but no sightings were had of them. As for the poor old Zebenine Pride, I saw them early one morning (both mom and daughter were together) looking very well fed having clearly had a recent meal. But other than that, their tracks revealed that they are focusing their attention on the western sections of the concession, in an area that the Mayambula Pride are increasingly starting to make use of. If this pattern continues, we can expect the Zebenine lioness to move her daughter to safer grounds further west, and into the Klaserie, but only time will tell how this drama will play out. 

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