Lions of Timbavati

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(02-10-2022, 10:05 PM)Tr1x24 Wrote: Yea, but just by statistics, more males get killed of by their competition then in hunting accidents

Probably, through, the count shouldn't be far apart at all.

(02-10-2022, 10:05 PM)Tr1x24 Wrote: we can prob count on our fingers how many dominant/prime males died in hunting accidents in areas we follow (just in Sabi Sands in past 10 yrs, what, Selati #2?  I cant remember any other)

Scrapper, Golden Mane Majingi as far as I remember, Mohawk Matshapiri possibly, it is not clear how he injured his leg, but that happening on hunt sound like rational option. Also Rolercoaster male killed by crocodile in question could belong to this category.

That might not be much, but from the other side I could ask how much adult males in the paast 10 years or so in Sabi Sands were confirmed killed in terrytorial conflicts. 1 Selati, 1 Mapogo, 1 Majingi, Othawa male, 1 unknown male killed by Birminghams in 2016 or 2017, KNP male Freddy and Sparta male Cleo. One can say it is quite a bit more deaths from other males than from buffalos through in other regions that count might look very different. In Timbavati buffalo likely could have even bigger ration of adult males killed, than other males would.

(02-10-2022, 10:05 PM)Tr1x24 Wrote: So based of that statistic point of view i said its more likely he got killed by rival males then in hunting or some other accident, but yea, its possible, just smaller chance.

Fair enough.

(02-10-2022, 11:58 PM)DARK MANE Wrote: Birmingham pridepride and more but these heavyweight threads of 300+, 400+ and 600+ pages are way too much than my capacity.

They are worth reading through if you ask me. If you can not then still you have "Lion Tales" topic in which you got just about every important and well documented event from lion dynamic gathered. Reply