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(08-12-2021, 03:27 AM)Timbavati Wrote: Update: I finally received an confirmation regarding the skull of the Black dam male. Friends that are working in the bushveld (who also always provided incredible sources) they've confirmed that the skull of the BDM was the third largest ever measured in Africa.
Absolutely incredible! It was clear that he was a very big male, and it isn't like his head was disproportionately large for his body, I had no idea that he was that big. Wow!!
Indeed. He was a fine specimen of male lion, I doubt if we someday will see such a big male as he was.
"Indeed. He was a fine specimen of male lion.." Couldn't agree more
"...I doubt if we someday will see such a big male as he was."
Here is where I disagree. the GKNP ecosystem is too vast to not have specimens such as the BDM waiting in the wings. In fact, there are already individuals who aren't very far off from the BDM in size (i.e. Zig Zag Mbiri, Nsemani Mbiri, Leeubron males, Ngotso males, etc.).
That being said, however, the BDM having the 3rd largest skull measured in Africa is phenomenal!
Of course, the GKNP is a vast area. I perhaps should have especificied and mentioned in the Timbavati region. Being said this, The Mbiri male is a beast without a doubt, but even when both males were in Timbavati. the Black Dam male was said to be the biggest male ever walk in Timbavati in the last decade