Lions of Sabi Sands

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(08-10-2022, 09:18 PM)Tr1x24 Wrote: Ok guys, i finally solve part of the mystery about Gijima - Ndhzenga clash.

So, male on the video next to Wide-Nose, who was assumed to be 3rd, missing Gijima, is actually Light Maned male who is still alive and with older Gijima as @criollo2mil suggested, but not only that, he is the same one who initially attacked Gore with older one. 

So these pictures are all the same male, Light Maned Gijima male :

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Now, for male who is missing, we actually dont have any photo of him since they came in Sabi Sands, only this sighting :

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Has smallest and lightest mohawk mane of the 3, also has scars on his back spine. 

This male didn't initially engage on Gore as 2 "current" Gijima did, but if i remember correctly, rangers saw him with them (before or after, cant remember).

Also, in the Ndhzenga clash, rangers also pointed out that there where 3 males there.

Then i rewatched the video of 2 Gijima males getting chased by Amahle and OE in Londolozi, that 2nd Gijima male, although hard to say 100%, because of low quality, but based of appearence, mane, no scar on backs, looks to be the same male near Wide-Nose, Light Maned Gijima male. 

This means that on MalaMala videos, Light Maned male is both with Wide-Nose and getting chased with Dark Maned male, eventualy they together got chased to Lion Sands. 

MalaMala rangers dont have the full story, they even said that themselves. 

So what actually happened to 3rd male? 

2 most likely scenarios:

1. He got killed/injured before the "chase", when Ndhzengas came in to rescue Wide-Nose. 

2. He just abandon/left the area when things got crazy. 

With 2nd scenario, a lot of people asking why then he didn’t return south and try to find his brothers, well yea, thats hard to explain, but then again, we know nothing about these 3, so many questions, are they even brothers? Maybe that male just recently joined them and bond was weak, maybe he was  unhealthy (he look quite skinny on that Kruger video), maybe injured, no photo of him -  looks to be skittish, notice that he didn’t engage on Gore in first encounter, maybe doesn’t feel confident enough. 
As we see, a lot of question.

In my opinion, i think its very likely scenario that 3rd male was not their brother, and that coalition was not established yet, and that 3rd male just left them and went back into Kruger.

Great work @Tr1x24 , you deserve a spot on CSI for your detective skills! Reply