Majingilane Coalition Male Lineage

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MHANGENI BIG BOY AND TRAGIC DESTINY OF MHANGENI SUB-ADULTS
This is story about Mhangeni Boys and sisters,and their unbeliveble journey,story that needs to be tell and never be forgotten ... they deserve it!

Part 1.

Mhangeni Big Boy and his 8 brothers and 3 sisters where born into Mhangeni pride,Big Boy was born in the older litter in December 2015 with his 2 sisters, rest of them was born few weeks/months later.
Their mothers where daughters of the notorious Mapogo coalition and their fathers where mighty Majingilane coalition, 2 greatest genes in recent hystory of Sabi Sands. Big Boy was most likely son of Golden Mane Majingilane because of big similarity in the looks between them.

Mhangeni Big Boy as a cub with his sister and mom:

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The youngsters and the pride thrived in western sector ,under the protection of their mighty fathers:

Mhangeni pride and 3 Majingilanes on a kill in December 2017:

Towards the 2018,boys are getting bigger and where starting to develop little manes. The biggest and oldest amongs them was named Big Boy because of his appearence among the brothers.

Young Big Boy with his brothers/sisters and pride:

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Mhangeni boys and sisters:

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But then in early 2018 tragedy strike the pride, their fathers Golden Mane,Scar Nose and Dark Mane Majingilanes started disappearing in February/March and eventually dying 1 after another due to an old age.
The lionesses where left on their own of raising and feeding 12 big 2 years old sub-adults.

That task seems to have been too hard for them. New coalition from the north, BBoys, started to moving in this area ,further to the east. Their mothers decided to move closer to them,starting to hang out with new males and mating with them,abandoning their 12 sub-adults at only 2 years of age. Their decision is imposible to explain,we will never know the real cause of it.

So the 12 young sub-adults where left on their own, at only 2 years old,with little hunting experience,by that time it was clear that not all of 12 sub-adults will survive to the adulthood.
They become nomadic,roaming thru western sector and all the way to Sabi Sabi, avoiding troubles ,trying to find food and survive. They didnt have any other options, they will need to adapt.
And they did,even at only 2 yrs old they had a few pretty big buffalo kills,which was remarkable.

March 2018,at Sabi Sabi, unbeliveble fight against a heard of buffalos,managing to snap a buffalo calf from them and drag him into the water:

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Another big Buffalo takedown:

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In the May 2018 they had a conflict with Othawa pride and young Othawa male Nguvu in western sector, they clearly showed the sub - adults that they are not welcome here anymore:

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They where too young, yes, but they where fighters,1 for all,all for 1. They made many kills, and steals from leopards to even prides,they manage to steal a kill from a whole Styx pride.

Even sharing kills with other lions,in this case with their step-brothers in Tsalala males:

In the June 2018,they where still in good condition,but lost 1 brother and 2 sisters reunited with their mothers,they where now known as Mhangeni 9 in June/July.

Female lioness, littermate of Big Boy ,still with the boys,she is one of them and will be to the end:

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Their biggest problem for the youngsters where the hyenas,who would harass them on every occasion:

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They where seen in the north with Nkuhuma pride together on a buffalo kill (and that was the first contact of Big Boy with Nkuhuma pride):

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But August of 2018 was the time when all went downhill. They where getting separeted and scattered on numerous occassions,skinnier and skinnier,malnutritioned etc.. Which all lead to them getting very bad stage of disease which will sealed their fate at the end, only enemy that this youngsters would not overcome - mange.

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They where mostly in the south, separeted into smaller gruops,and nobody knew how many where still alive. 

Some where seen with Sparta pride and S. Avocas few times:

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Big Boy was roaming in Sabi Sabi with his 3 brothers:

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In the late August they where again seen in western sector:

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In September,all scattered,1 youngster found his sister who rejoined the Mhangeni pride earlier,and started to following the pride,unfortunatly their mothers had new cubs already,they growled and chased him away (Londolozi report). What has to go thru this desperate youngsters head when he sees that his own mother is attacking and rejecting him,again... :

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Its assumed that in September 2018,most of them disapeared and died out of mange,starvation and other predators. Big Boys littermate sister was one of them (the one on the earlier photo),she was not that lucky like her 2 sisters who rejoined the pride.

Here is the photo of some of them in the Londolozi:

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In that time,there was first reports of 2 young Mhangeni males,in very bad condition from mange, following Nkuhuma pride,and in early October there was a first sighting of the Big Boy and his brother,alongside with 1 young Talamati male from the north:

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After few weeks,another Mhangeni sub-adult joined his 2 brothers and Talamati male in following Nkuhuma pride,its was the sub-adult who was seen following Mhangeni pride in Londolozi, rejected by his mother again:

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Nkuhumas tried numerous time to chase,scare,beat this youngsters away,but they where desperate,hopeless,just lying there,they knew if they leave they are dead anyway...
They where getting closer every day,trying to get much needed meal, leftovers from the pride.

Big Boy tying to eat alongside Blondie Avoca who doesnt like that:

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Oldest Nkuhuma lioness,called Nana (legendary Nkuhuma lioness,known for her hip injury), was the first lioness that helped and accepted the youngsters:

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Nkuhuma pride with 3 Mhangeni sub-adults and 1 Talamati young male drinking in late October 2018:

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