Lions of Sabi Sands

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Lion - 120 sightings January 2023

The lions of Arathusa were out and about this month, with over 120 sightings of lions in total!

• The Torchwood Pride were seen 17 times, mostly around an elephant carcass that they were feeding on. This large elephant bull was killed while fighting with another bull elephant, and while lions do not usually scavenge, this fresh carcass was too good to pass up on.
  

• The Nkuhuma Pride have made a few successful buffalo kills, with our guides seeing them on at least 5 buffalo carcasses.
  

• Talamati Pride – 25 sightings and the S8 Male – 18 sightings .We’ve had some great views of the Talamati pride, which is a family of 3 females, 5 cubs and the S8 male. While we haven’t seen them with many kills, they have been very social and our guests have enjoyed over 20 sightings of them.  
  

• Avoca Male – 13 sightings
• Kruger male – 9 sightings
• Imbali Pride – 7 sightings
• Black Dam males – 15 sightings
  

As we saw in December, the two Black Dam males have been making advances towards the Nkuhuma females and cubs. Mowhawk has been seen actively chasing the males away, and sometimes even distracting them and luring them away from the young cubs.
The tensions between Mowawk and the Black Dam males continue as they tussle for influence and control in the Sabi Sands area.

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