Lions of Timbavati

[Potato]

(03-26-2021, 07:40 PM)Potato Wrote: Comment of Rudi Hulshof (Thornybush ranger) from facebook group:

Case in point, one of the Xikukutsu male lions had a fight 3 days ago and had an arterial bleed that could have led to his death, fortunately the clotting happened before he bled out, but he lost a good 2 or more litres of blood during a sighting, even going into shock and vomiting before collapsing.

Had he died, there are very few “fanatics” that would have believed he died of natural causes and there would be those who would have demanded photographic proof before they stopped spreading rumors that he had been killed by hunters etc.

From Lions Of Timbavati facebook page (video in the link):
What a sighting!

The smaller Xikukutsu male was seen involved on a fight with the Mapoza male! The Mapoza male beaten pretty badly to the smaller of the Xikukutsu male, The Mapoza male  later was seen with some of the Monwana females!
Video by: Tyrone Soekoe

https://www.facebook.com/LionsofTimbavati/videos/3843273849041403


I wander if that he fought Mapoza male is just assumption or was a fight actually seen by someone.

https://www.facebook.com/LionsofTimbavati/videos/3843273849041403

More comments on that event from Rudi:

This is exactly what I speak about. The inaccuracies.
Nobody actually saw the fight. Nobody can say for sure what happened.
Saying he fought with Mapoza is speculation and not fact.
The facts are that he was seen moving back towards the Blackdam females who were running away from the Avoca pride that were a good 5km further South than they have ever been before. They were feeding on a Zebra. The fight could easily have been between the 10 members of the Avoca pride and the Xikukutsu who found them feeding on a Zebra. The fight may have been between the females of the Blackdam pride and the Avoca pride and he got between them. It could have been a number of things, but nobody saw it actually happen.
And to say Mapoza was found with the Monwana pride is false. He was found another 2 km further south with a Blackdam lioness.
So please stop making statements as though they are fact, because it’s all just guessing that is going on.

Yes he (note: injured Xikukutsu male) is fine. I followed him
This morning on a safari.

Added to my already made comments, there is also the fact that the 3 Thornybush Males ( Younger Monwana Males ) have been in this area for the past month and have been in the South Western corner of the reserve, not even 2 km from where the injured Xikukutsu was found bleeding.
Again, your question about wether it’s fact or not is so important, because who is to say that these 3 males did not find him and beat him up?
It’s dangerous to make statements as if they are fact when nobody saw anything and cannot prove anything because it all happened before the drives departed in the morning. Reply