Lions of Timbavati

[Mapokser]

(04-02-2023, 08:40 AM)BA0701 Wrote:

(04-02-2023, 08:32 AM)Mapokser Wrote:

(04-02-2023, 04:28 AM)Timbavati Wrote: The two Mbiri males were seen recently in the Kruger National Park. Both looking in excellent condition!
Photo credits: Tamsyn Wildlife Photography

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Man I'm yet to see a more scarred lion than Shaka, he's 9 and his face could be mistaken by a 14yo male, what a warrior he is.

Shaka is for sure the most intimidating lion I have ever seen. He and Scar have such a close bond, I really enjoy watching videos of them. As for a scarred lion, check out post 2,468 here. The fight in which he received those scars is the most prolonged, and most brutal lion fight I have ever seen, so much so I was convinced that neither male could have survived, yet he did, while the other male did in fact perish afterwards.

Other male lion coalitions from Masai Mara (wildfact.com)

I was aware of this fight and old male, it was indeed an insane fight ( probably by far the most vicious 1v1 lion fight ever filmed in the wild ), but I didn't know the other male died. I'm not sure if there's a proper source for this or if it's just the video, because I've to say that although that channel makes some great videos, I've seen some incorrect informations given in that channel and by the owner of the channel.

It looks quite suspicious that the rival male would have killed Loonkito's partner 1v1 before proceeding to challenge and fight Loonkito equally for so long, unless he killed the partner in some other day. It'd be nice to have an actual source/confirmation if the other male died from his wounds and if he truly killed Loonkito's partner and when.

To give an example of an incorrect info given by Leo/his channel, on Leo's ( admittedly amazing ) posts summarizing the Mapogos reign in their thread [https://wildfact.com/forum/topic-the-mighty-mapogos?page=165], with incredible maps and charts, it has a claim that Mapogos killed 2 members of the "Northern Coalition" in 2007, however this very suspicious coalition is only mentioned in the documentary ( saying Mapogos killed only one of them ), otherwise there's no evidence it even existed, so asking Rob he told me the coalition is indeed made up.

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