Other male lion coalitions from Masai Mara

[Tshokwane]

Credits to Peter Rettig, Pictures from June 2017.

Lolparpit & Olbarnoti.

These 2 males were born into the Ridge Pride beginning of 2005 along with another male called Junior (from a different female). There were 2 other males born into this pride end of 2003 (Cheza) and mid 2004 (Sala). The latter became famous due to the Big Cat Diary BBC Documentary.


Towards the end of 2007 all 5 males (now nomadic) took over the Olkiombo Pride. It took them some time to be accepted by the females and only 3 males stayed with the Olkiombo Pride, Cheza, Sala and Junior. Olbarnoti and Lolparpit moved on. In the course of 2008 they took over a new pride who has settled down in the north western parts of the Olare Orok Conservancy, the Enkoyonai Pride. Mid of 2010 they chased off the 2 old Moniko Males (Mzee and Lolalai) and took over the Moniko Pride. Olbarnoti and Lolparpit controlled the entire Olare Orok Conservancy unti mid of 2011.

After having had several confrontations with the Double Crossing/Ridge Pride Males (Olchorre and Naengop) and after the Notches invaded the Double Crossing Area and the south western parts of Olare Orok Conservancy mid of 2011, Olbarnoti & Lolparpit gave up on the Enkoyonai Pride while the two Ridge Pride Males left the Double Crossing Pride and took over. Well, the Notches moved on very soon.

End of 2012 two other males took over the Double Crossing Pride, Mohican & Romeo II and a year later they also took over the Enkoyonai Pride and chased off Olchorre (after Naengop has vanished without trace). Mohican & Romeo II also tried to chase off Olbarnoti & Lolparpit, but the latter were too strong and holded on. In the first half of 2015 the 5 Rekero Males invaded the Double Crossing Area and the eastern parts of Olare Motorogi.They chased off Olbarnoti & Lolparpit and took over parts of the Moniko Pride. Olbarnoti & Lolparpit lost the other members of the Moniko Pride to 2 new young males in the course of 2016, hence they took over a spin off from the Enkoyonai Pride, the Oldikidiki Pride.

Currently they are competing with Lipstick & Blackie trying to take over the Enkoyonai Pride after Mohican died and Romeo II vanished.

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