Lions of Sabi Sands

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Mhangeni male on Londolozi
A young male lion lies on a termite mound in the shade of a Saffron tree. On our way back to camp one morning, we stumbled upon this young male. He is probably around three years of age and may have been pressurised to leave his pride early by older, more dominant males. The beauty of being in a system of about 3,5 million hectares (~8,4 million acres) is that sometimes we find animals that we have never seen before whose history we do not know. This individual was very relaxed with the vehicle so no doubt dispersed from another area in which safaris operate.

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Birmingham Tinyo and Kambula cub
Father and son share a bonding moment. The young males of the Ntsevu pride are starting to show clear mane growth. With the genetic line of the Birmingham males, I have no doubt that this one will grow a very impressive mane should he survive.

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Othawa male chassing lone Southern pride female off her Kudu kill
The lone Southern Pride lioness has been around quite a bit this week.  We assume she made a kudu kill, which she was later chased off by the Othawa male lion, who has also been alone for a few days, calling for his pride.  At one stage, these two lions were within 50 meters of the Mhangeni Pride.

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Mhangeni females on kill

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