The Mighty Mapogos

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(12-09-2023, 10:19 AM)Ttimemarti Wrote: Wait wait I don’t think any lion had a darker mane than makhuku literally saw a photo of him and his entire mane was just about black I believe when he was older and males that have big manes usually mean they haven’t done much fighting look at the othawa male his mane was beautiful and huge he didn’t fight anyone until he was killed RIP king othawa Most of the time

Have you ever heard about the former Matshapiri males and their descendants (Fourways males)? 
I think no, because they had/have much more darker manes than any Mapogos or their relatives (all of the WSM's descendants) have ever had (including Majingis, Matimbas, Mantimahles, BBs and so on).

Do we discuss about only SS's lions? Because look around Masai Mara (4'km males for example) and Serengeti (for example Jua Kali Boys) and you can find far more males with far much darker manes...In fact, most of the males from these places have/had blacker manes.


Or did u hear about Nyamakunze as one of SS's most famous male lion from the good old days in the '70s? His other name was Big Black and not accidentally...he was one of the most famous attraction at the time all over SS and I still have never seen any other male lion with such blackish mane from here (or at most the Matshapiris as it was discussed).

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Let's compare him with any other photos of Makhulu or any other male lions who ever been in SS...

And it's just from here, if we would go further up on the map in Africa we also could find many more other males with much darker manes for example from Botswana, Tanzania and Kenya as i said. Reply