Lions of Timbavati

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The lion dynamics continue to keep us all intrigued. The Narhu males have all but made this area their territory. Interestingly, the Mbiri males did come back north for a day or two but didn’t stick around too long before heading south and back into the Kruger. I think for the time being they are playing it safe and sticking with the 14 lions of the Myanbula pride which includes 10 of their cubs. I wasn’t able to get round to seeing this impressive pride this week, but they were seen very briefly one morning. I was glad to hear that all 10 cubs are alive and doing well – this is seriously incredible as lion cubs have a very low survival rate.

Last week I had the pleasure of viewing one of the Nahru males attempting to mate with one of the River pride females and while it never officially happened then, I can confirm that he has now managed to come right with the lioness. I found the other two Nahru males late one evening this week (only because a couple of irate elephants had chased them from their hiding spot). None the less, it was fun pushing my camera and technique to its low light limits!

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