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A newly mature Talamati Lioness had sought out one of the dominant males in the eastern parts of Londolozi, a Ndzhenga Male. She had now come into estrus and was looking to conceive her first litter of cubs.
There seemed to be some confusion about when this mating encounter was filmed. Someone in the comments was saying it was filmed in June. Sean mentioned OE fighting with the Black Dam males, and his face was all beat up (though that could be Amahle or Kambula girls), which could be from the recent alluded to fight between the two coalitions. Or it could have been from a past scrap. To me she does look like the first Talamati lioness that started mating with different males, and we know she mated with OE around this time. But I'm happy to be corrected by someone who can better ID her.
Anyway, as people have said previously she's a big girl. OE is obviously below average, but she's a similar size to the large Kambula lionesses. Dark Mane's daughter.