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06-09-2019, 01:11 PM( This post was last modified: 06-09-2019, 01:13 PM by Nyers )
Incredible news
Tatu & Boxernose A couple of days ago when we had seen Tatu and Boxernose, we had actually seen them in fairly close proximity to each other. We first spotted Tatu with Naramat quite close to the camp and then saw another lion about 70m away. We thought it might be Red, drove to him and saw it was Boxernose. We then drove back to the mating pair and from that distance saw Boxernose stand up, facing away from the two other lions and calling very loudly. He then walked almost direct towards Tatu & Naramat and sat down about 40m away from them. The interesting thing was that Tatu didn't react at all. Boxernose then stood up again and started walking again. He skirted the two other lions but passed not 25m away from them in plain view, did a relaxed cat stretch on a tree behind them and then settled down near a fallen tree trunk, not 30m from Tatu. That evening our cars saw him fast asleep in the same place. So clearly Tatu poses no threat to Boxernose and perhaps they had walked together into the conservancy. The only explanation we can think of, is the the two male lions- one in his prime and the other counting his last days- have teamed up to form a coalition. A more disparate pair is hard to imagine but we can't think of another explanation for what we saw. The Mara is no place for a solitary lion- even one as evidently powerful as Tatu. So perhaps that is why he has teamed up with Boxernose. The benefits to Boxernose are clear. He's in much better shape now than he was even a few months ago when he was solitary. Unfortunately it has been raining since we last saw the lions and they are most likely up on high ground where the cars find it hard to drive. So we haven't seen the lions after the first time. However Boxernose has a distinctive call- a half roar, half howl. We're pretty sure we heard him last night in the distance. Hopefully we will find them again and will try to understand what is happening. Amongst other things, who was Boxernose calling out for? Is there another lion with them. Time will tell.
Credits to Nirmalya Banerjee
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Also on video you can see shape of Boxernose, for his age (15-16 years) he look fantastic.