Other male lion coalitions from Masai Mara

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(12-12-2023, 02:20 PM)Mabande Wrote: Hello, are there 2 lion coalitions referred as Lemek male lions. I know of the 5 male coalition sired by Olerai Olekiti around 2017. They are territorial in Lemek Conservancy right? There is another Lemek coalition isn't it which is dominant over majority prides in the OMC right? Is this 2nd Lemek coalition sired by the first one?

Yeah, these 5 males - Seenka Lemurt Kini are alive and Lerai and Merrinyo no longer with us - are always referred as Sankai boys originally, because they were born into Sankai pride sired by Olerai&Olekiti as u said. After they left their natal pride went to the north to Lemek Conservancy and took over Lemek mainly from the pair of Derre&Barrikoi former pride males (fathers of the 4 current Lemek males around OMC and former Lookout pride males Spikey&Enkuroto) right around 2020. This is why they received the name Lemek over time. However last year they were slowly forced out by the 4 ex-Iseketa/ex-Offbeat/Mara North Males and exiled to more north into Olchoro where they're still hanging out mostly, so i think they shouldn't keep called by 'Lemek' for now thus we can keep with 'Sankai' boys. 

While the 4 'Lemek' males you were talked about have got their name after they were born into Lemek Pride so it's refer to their natal pride. Reply