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The Tale of the Tumbela's continued...
Sometimes you are in the right place at the right time. Setting off slightly earlier than normal for an afternoon game drive, our Dulini field guides happened to watch some very interesting dynamics between the weaker Tumbela male and the Matimba male.
When arriving at the sighting of the Ottawa female and Tumbela Male, who had been mating, the Ottawa female was slightly away from the Tumbela male who was under the Gwarie bush feeding on what was left of a wildebeest kill.
Whilst watching the Tumbela male, his demeanor went from being relaxed to all of a sudden alert and looking around. The Tumbela male got up and skulked off rather quickly. Puzzled by this behavior, our questions were soon answered when the Matimba male entered the scene and went straight to the wildebeest kill.
There has been a lot of interest and speculation over what would happen if these Males' encountered each other and whether they have come across one another in the deep of the night. One now wonders whether the Tumbela male ran off because he is the weakest male of the trio and what could have happened if all three brothers were there when the Matimba arrived.