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06-27-2016, 05:00 AM( This post was last modified: 06-27-2016, 05:00 AM by Tshokwane )
(06-26-2016, 06:53 PM)Ngala Wrote: What a bad news. I'm very sad. One of my favourite leopards. A true warrior, without any fear. He has always fought in defiance of all for his territory, even if the risk, as like Anderson male lately, the eternal battle against the Piva male, the left eye lost in the fight with the Marthly male. Warrior in life, as in death. There will not be another Airstrip male.
Completely agree with you here.
There is a word in english, Game or Gameness, often applied to Pit Dogs and fighting Cocks, and also to other animals like Wolverines, Honey badgers and even Lions as well.
I think in his case, Gameness embodies him very well.
He was Game all of his life, with anything life threw at him, like his diminutive stature compared to other dominant males and the challenges that supposed and he was Game vs anything as well: Giant leopards, like Camp pan, Tyson/ Marthly male, and Anderson, big ones like Mvula and Piva, and also vs the different lion prides he had to confront everyday.
Biologically, he wasn't a successful leopard. That has to be said.
But at least, he will be remembered by many, myself included.