Shishangaan Male Lions

[Wyld@Heart]

(11-05-2023, 12:30 AM)sik94 Wrote: the Shishangaans probably have atleast 250 sq km of territory as there are 4 of them and in a less lion dense area

Agreed with you on the majority of that except this; the central region of the Kruger has some of the highest lion densities in the Greater Kruger. It is well known that if you want to see lions, Satara is the place to go. Unlikely they'll be controlling 250 sq km of territory in that Central region if we count the area immediately outside of Satara as their core territory, which it is. Territories certainly aren't linear, or perfect circles and they overlap alot but I'd estimate a 250 sq km territory with Satara itself in the centre to extend all the way to the S12 and encompassing the S40 past Nsemani dam in the West, to at least Shibotwana Waterhole halfway down the S100 and a long way down the H6 to the Shishangani waterhole in the east, down to and encompassing the Sweni Road (S126) in the south and all the way up to the S90 in the north.

Having said that, its not much too far off their terrotorial bounds but I still would go with about 100 sq km Reply