Other male lion coalitions from Masai Mara

[Tshokwane]

Credits to David Lloyd.

The First Musketeer...


This is Scar, one of the Four Musketeers, the other three being Morani, Sikio and Hunter. They took over from Romeo and Clawed of the Marsh Pride at Musiara in 2011, then left the pride a few years later, taking up residence near Serena crossing. 

Scar is less mobile now (arthritis) and can be seen struggling on some days. Meanwhile, Morani, Sikio and Hunter are often seen as far away as Rekero and Entim. Occasionally Scar is seen across the river on the Serena side whenever the Mara River is low enough to cross. 
Scar is named so on account of his missing eyelid, sustained long before he arrived at Musiara in 2011. Stories of its origin vary between a fight with another lion or a human inflicted spear wound but we will never know for sure. 

All four are getting old now, approaching their twelfth years, and thus in the twilights of their lives. The Maasai Mara will be a poorer place without them – until inevitably they are supplanted by a new generation of males.

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