Lions of Sabi Sands

[Mapokser]

@sik94 No doubt.

When I was getting into lion dynamics I used to think "how can anyone hate the Mapogos? They're the coolest, so aggressive and merciless killing everything", now I see the PCM slaughtering the cubs I like and think "man no wonder even the lodges were vocal in criticizing the Mapogos, it must have been horrible to follow lion dynamics back then".

These PCM are only two males, 5yo, but have a territory that once was all the 6 Mapogos had, and later what 4 of them were content with. They killed 3/6 Othawa subs, at least 1 Mangheni sub but potentially more, at least 2 adult females I think? Tsalala and I heard a Nkuhuma female, not sure.

They easily dominated the Tumbelas ( 1 was sick tbf but still ) and then the Birminghams, I remember that back in the day quite some people thought Nhenha and NK were the stronger coalition, an old and experienced Birmingham, still in amazing condition, and the prime NK male, older than the PCM but still with the power of youth.

But when they actually clashed, it wasn't even a challenge for them. And now they finally got them and might have left Nhenha to die.

They have control over 3 prides, Nkuhuma Breakaways, Ximhungwe, and Mangheni.

They seem to be invincible, but lion dynamics are ever changing, and they may face potential strong competition in the future like BDM, Ndhzengas, Kambulas and Talamatis... Or maybe a buffalo injury, snake bite, there's no way to know.

I'd like for them to at least raise the next generation of Manghenis, their 2 Nkuhuma cubs and raise some Ximhungwe cubs, though at the same time I pray that the remaining Othawas can avoid them and other dangers until they get into estrus, which seems more and more unlikely now that all their 3 prides seems to be living in the west.

At this point if Manghenis don't return to their original territory, PCM will abandon Singita as there's nothing for them there but meaningless land to patrol. And if they are constantly in the west, it'll be nearly impossible for the other lions ( NK, Nhenha, Tumbela and Othawas ) to avoid them. Reply