The Matshapiri Males

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(06-26-2017, 04:40 AM)Tshokwane Wrote: This was just posted on Malamala's instagram, about an hour ago.

TODAY: June 25th. Wow, what a day... we woke up to a magically misty morning in the bushveld and things got exciting quickly. We'd planned to follow up on the Treehouse male leopard with his impala kill from last night but on the way our plans changed. The sound of lions roaring thundered through the blanket of mist. It was coming from 3 different locations and upon following up on the closest audio we discovered a young 'Avoca' male, walking at a brisk pace south of our airstrip. He crossed the Sand River eastwards and then met up with the other 'Avoca' male. They were on a mission and started jogging northwards. We followed them for some distance before losing visual. Whilst trying to relocate the coalition we happened upon 2 leopards being harassed by hyenas near Campbell Koppies! It was the Senegal Bush male and the Piccadilly female. We viewed them mate several times as they moved through the koppies. Things got even more interesting when they noticed something to their south- a Matshapiri male lion. Their 'shock' was short-lived as it was the injured male- in a show of what could be perceived as arrogance, the leopards just strolled past him. The lion is in very bad shape and the mating pair deemed him not to be a threat as they carried on their way. The other Matshapiri male lion was seen soon after in front of Main Camp. The 2 young 'Avoca' males were seen again this evening and they were moving north towards the area of the Matshapiri males. As I type this update I can hear lions fighting and roaring east of Main Camp.

If you follow their instagram, you will see in their stories the two Avoca males on their walk and also the Mohawk Matshapiri male, who is skin and bones.

I wouldn't be surprised if tomorrow we have news of at least one lion killed or at least injured.

mala mala now discovered that the majingilane males are trying to kill the healthier matshapiri male: this is the continuation of the last mala mala article that you posted:
"   "We were abruptly awoken just before 5am by the deafening roars of lions in front of Main Camp... As we followed up we came across the 2 Avoca males and 2 lionesses from the Kambula pride, walking westwards at a brisk pace. By the looks of it these lions had not taken part in the overnight brawl as they were free of fresh battle-scars. Tracks of 2 large male lions were located coming into MalaMala from the west, just north of our Airstrip and they were making a bee-line to the area in which the separated Matshipiri males were last seen. Although we never located the makers of the tracks, odds are it was most likely the Manyelethi males!...This leads us to believe that the fight we heard was between the fuller-maned Matshipiri male and 2 of the Manyelethi males."
  the majingilane males are crazy to kill some one! they are doing their legendary history in sabin sands yet! Reply