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I find the tone of the article is a bit too grim regarding how there so few lions are carrying the Tsalala name. Perhaps the name may not be applied to too many lions but two of the strongest prides present in the Sabi Sands are from the Tsalala lineage. I'd wager the Tsalala bloodline will live on for a long, long time.
There used to be another Tsalala female, born sometime between the Mhangenis and the young Tsalala males. What happened to her?
Furthermore, it also shows how difficult it is for prides to sustain themselves without constatnt support from a stable coalition of males, not on hunting/feeding, but rather on pure survival terms, at least as a successful unit.
Yes, that observation about stability being required for survival is spot on. We can even see it with the Mhangeni pride of late. After the demise of the Majingilane, I think they have lost one female and might well lose another to the Kambulas.
(06-07-2018, 10:23 PM)sundarbans Wrote: I find the tone of the article is a bit too grim regarding how there so few lions are carrying the Tsalala name. Perhaps the name may not be applied to too many lions but two of the strongest prides present in the Sabi Sands are from the Tsalala lineage. I'd wager the Tsalala bloodline will live on for a long, long time.
There used to be another Tsalala female, born sometime between the Mhangenis and the young Tsalala males. What happened to her?
i think thats the young adult lioness that was with the tailed lioness from the 2011 litter and her own fathers the majingalane males kept trying to attack her! for some reason they didn't seem to think she was fathered by them! i am usually look forward to going on this forum but the death of the tsalala lioness was really hard pill to swallow! just like when i heard about the charleston lioness.
(06-09-2018, 02:12 AM)ShakaMapogo Wrote: Hope he can do the dominant male role and see them grow up.
I would hope that he doesn't, for his safety and also for his future as a reproductive male.
I hope he's kicked out fairly quickly and forced to find brothers to start a coalition, otherwise everything will be more difficult to him, due to getting used to having an "easy" life, relatively speaking.
(06-09-2018, 03:19 AM)T Rabbit Wrote: hahaha the little cubs think the big othawa male is their fathers.
They are very drawn to him indeed, I wonder how long he allows them to pester him until he calls them off.
The three handsome Tsalala males on a morning stroll.
Just a little note! theres good reading on Londoliza blog about the tsalala pride legacy and to all to remember that the tsalala pride is not gone but a pride of 2 which the tsalala Lineage runs thru their veins!
