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Lions of Sabi Sands
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 (09-14-2022, 03:14 AM)sik94 Wrote:(09-14-2022, 03:12 AM)Mapokser Wrote:(09-11-2022, 10:03 AM)sik94 Wrote:(09-11-2022, 05:29 AM)afortich Wrote:(09-11-2022, 03:45 AM)BA0701 Wrote:So sad for S8 but this was expected because S8 was always chasing them and looking a fight.(09-11-2022, 03:21 AM)sik94 Wrote: Update on S8... I'll just post some lines so this isn't a gigantic repost, but you can read everything here: https://wildfact.com/forum/topic-lions-o...ds?page=27 https://wildfact.com/forum/topic-the-mig...os?page=54 All Mala Mala Reports: May 2003 This month there were several sightings of two approximately five-year-old male lions hanging around the northern parts controlled by the West Street Males and also north of this, onto northern Mala Mala and Eyrefield. Probably in response to this intrusion, we heard plenty of lion roaring in this area, a very obvious way to demonstrate that they, the West Street Males, are not yet ready to hand over power. One wonders just how much of this roaring was done by the four-and-a-half-year-old male lion of the Eyrefield Pride. His presence in the area would now probably be of some help to the West Street Males and although he is still deferential to them, they surely value his presence. September 2003 Compared with previous months, the two West Street Male lions probably spent more time away from the lionesses of the Eyrefield Pride than usual. Often they were accompanied by the now impressively large young male lion from the Eyrefield Pride. Although some of these excursions appeared to be dedicated to territorial patrols, many involved finding food, either fortuitous scavenging or following after buffaloes. November 2003 The two West Street Males survived another month and again emerged looking pretty good. They and the five-year-old male lion of the Eyrefield Pride roamed around, proclaiming their territory and hunting with the lionesses of the Eyrefield Pride. Both West Street Males and the young male of the Eyrefield Pride, which at the time had been on their northern border roaring and scent-marking against continued incursions or threats thereof from the Split Rock Males. May 2004 The West Street Male with the torn nose spent a fair amount of time with the young adult male of the Eyrefield Pride near the southern parts of the reserve, an area in which the Windmill Pride was operating and which has yet to be fully claimed by other male lions following the demise of the Ridge Rocks Males half-a-year-or-so ago. Here the two males, one in the beginning of his prime, the other clearly beyond it, ruled supreme. On one occasion, together with one of the three-and-a-half-year-old males of the Eyrefield Pride, they chased the Windmill Pride from the carcass of an adult waterbuck and claimed it for themselves. The two Split Rock Males, which have been pressurising the West Street Males for many months now, again appeared to pull back and really weren't particularly active in West Street Male territory. One wonders just how much of this West Street Male survival is due to the presence of the young Eyrefield Male as well as the five sub adult males in the pride. All together, they would form something of a protective shield against outside aggression directed primarily towards the ageing West Street Males. July 2004 The male lion with the torn nose spent some time in the far south of the reserve, in the company of a sub-adult male of the Eyrefield Pride. [b]March 2005[/b] The three male lions, including the adult, that had apparently left the Eyrefield Pride and looked to be getting ready to establish themselves as a territorial coalition, again spent a fair amount of time with other Eyrefield Pride members in March. [b]They certainly showed a certain level of continued loyalty to the pride. [/b] June 2005 The males of the Eyrefield pride were seen to stick together this month, and provided good viewing. Evidence suggests that they had an encounter with four other male lions, all quite young, to the west of the Sand River on Charleston. These other males all suffered a few minor wounds, and it is unlikely that the Eyrefield Males escaped without any injury to themselves. August 2005 The most interesting sightings involving Eyrefield Pride members were probably those when the pride clashed with the Styx Pride... As was the case once before, the injured lioness and the three cubs of the Styx Pride moved well clear of the action, and did not take an active part in the exchange. The noise attracted the attention of 5 or 6 of the Eyrefield Males, who suddenly appeared on the scene, and chased the Styx Pride north and west.  *This image is copyright of its original author The last WSM patrolling with Makhulu and the two older twins. |
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