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@TinoArmando The legend called Ring!
Ring born into the Black Dam Pride in the year 1996 what a legend!
photo credits: Willem Bosch
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That is actually Marvin the Monwana male. His face is crisscrossed with scars that angle down to his right, and a transverse scar under the right eye. Kirsten Feltmann 2013
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Marcel Span, 2012
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Carl Burdett, 2013
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I have yet to see a photo, or read a report of this legendary Ring. In June 2010 this was the young ruler of the Southern Pride (later known as Blackdam pride). Images by Darryl Milner.
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At that time they had cubs, one of whom was a male, seen on the bottom of these two.
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This Southern male was the son and coalition partner of the legendary Bubezi, the most photographed of all Thornybush lions who was the splitting image of the Blackdam male and lived until at least 2010. Image by Ross Drummond 2006
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Joe Ross, 2007
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African Gateway Travel, 2009
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In my humble opinion, one of these two are the Blackdam males' father.