Lions of Timbavati

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(10-06-2022, 05:17 AM)afortich Wrote:

(10-06-2022, 04:01 AM)criollo2mil Wrote:

(10-06-2022, 03:26 AM)BA0701 Wrote:

(10-06-2022, 01:44 AM)criollo2mil Wrote:

(10-06-2022, 01:12 AM)afortich Wrote:

(10-05-2022, 09:45 PM)criollo2mil Wrote: This morning we found the oldest Birmingham Breakaway Male at the same waterhole as the two Mongawane Males. 
There was no fighting between them at all or anything. Eventually the two Mongawane Males left the waterhole heading North.
The oldest Birmingham Breakaway Male stayed behind at the waterhole.
Unfortunately he really does not look good anymore. Getting skinnier every time we see him.


Credit:  Johan Smalman

How did he lose his brothers?? Thanks!

He’s losing condition and simply can’t keep up with them and their movements.   His rapid decline makes me sad to think he won’t be around much longer.   Reminds me a lot of the same wasting away we saw from Tumbelas….and also Mpohlo Nharhu before that.

There was a time when I'd really hoped he and BYM would leave their respective prides at around the same time, and maybe find each other and become partners. Now, we see this, truly bittersweet. 

What makes it even worse is it seems BYM and TYM might have been open to accepting a third member, given the lack of any aggression (which we wouldn't normally see from nomads to begin with). 

Only other nomadic males I remember BYM getting close to were the young Mbiris, who later became the Tintswalo boys

I’ve been holding hope that the Skorro YM of Orpen would one day join the Mongawane.   It would be amazing that these three males sired by some of my favorite lions would all form quite an alliance.    But as tine goes by, I feel it’s a longer and longer shot.

That'll be awesome if Mongawane accept him. Any known reason why the breakaway boy started to lose condition??

None that I know of. He looked great with his natal pride, then next thing you know he's off with his brothers, looking very thin with a damaged leg, then his brothers showed up quite a ways away from him, and his condition had worsened. My guess is disease, such as TB, as even with an injured leg his condition should not have deteriorated so much so quickly. Reply