Lions of Timbavati

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Tanda Tula update

It wasn’t only the leopards going for warthogs this week!  We spent a good part of one evening drive watching one of the Vuyela male lions trying to dig a warthog out of its burrow.  The lion spent close to an hour digging in the hole, and had no sooner stepped back to catch his breath when the warthog went dashing out of the burrow and into the darkness leaving the lion with no chance.  Another Vuyela male appeared close to Plains Camp later in the week too.  The day after the excitement with the warthog, Steven and his guests watched a lone lioness try and tackle a large male wildebeest!  The lioness managed to grab a hold of the wildebeest, but after several minutes of struggling to get him onto the ground to finish the job, the wildebeest eventually managed to shake off the lioness and run to freedom!  This lioness was seen a few times over the week, but I haven’t yet confirmed her ID, although I suspect it could be the Hercule’s lioness.  In the east, the River Pride made an appearance and were seen feeding on a waterbuck kill late in the week, and after much absence the Mayambula pride – or at least part of it – started spending more time around their old haunts, and we suspect that one of the other lionesses may have given birth to a new litter quite recently based on the evidence of suckle marks around her teats.  Although the Giraffe Pride remained frustratingly elusive, there were at least more signs of them having come into the area this past week, so maybe they will show themselves over the coming days. 

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