Shishangaan Male Lions

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(11-05-2023, 12:30 AM)sik94 Wrote:

(11-04-2023, 11:26 PM)BA0701 Wrote:

(11-04-2023, 10:41 PM)Wyld@Heart Wrote: They seem to be spending alot of time in that H6 corner of the territory and every update I've seen of them has been in that area for over a week now and mostly all together as well. Nsemani dam, for example is quite a ways away. In a straight line not a massive, massive distance away but still at least 10km. 

In all honesty I haven't kept up with territory gain and losses in the area, nor their first pride around Satara but if they're still holding all the gains they've made since I saw them in 2021, after a relatively slow start and only being around Satara they must be holding at least 100 Sq km in territory now. Does anyone know if the Satara pride still has the cubs from early last year, they should be around 18 months old now?

100 sq km? That is an enormous area, is that atypical to like sized coalitions?

MalaMala is apparently 133 squared kms, that makes sense as it has a 19km boundary with KNP. So over a 100 sq km sounds pretty typical for a duo with the current lion density in SS, the Shishangaans probably have atleast 250 sq km of territory as there are 4 of them and in a less lion dense area which probably leads to even bigger territories.

Thank you for that, my friend, it is hard to understand the full scale when looking at a map. What a monumental task that is to patrol and protect such a large area. Reply