Lions from Botswana

[KM600]

(12-22-2023, 07:27 AM)Charan Singh Wrote:

(09-26-2023, 02:13 AM)KM600 Wrote:

(09-26-2023, 12:57 AM)BA0701 Wrote: Video link was removed due to false and misleading information.

This has to be one of the most misinforming videos I’ve ever come across, pretty much every topic he covered was either completely false or fabricated. TornNose is made out to be some second-in-command, when in reality there’s never a huge gap in dominance between duos compared to bigger coalitions, the narrator completely leaves out the 3 other brothers of Sekekama and TornNose aswell. Claims Matsumi sister’s sired cubs are illegitimate despite her being a pride female which further leads up to his weird obsession between Sekekama and Matsumi. Could go on and on but it doesn’t help how little info there is about Sekekama yet ppl making videos of bs, there’s Sekekama based videos on the ‘Mapogo - Lions of Sabi Sands’ channel and that info is genuinely reliable.

I concur 100% with you. It is the National Geography documentary Savage Kingdom that has made Sekekema a legend and resulted in these concoctions. For the first time, I found a national documentary not doing justice and falling well below the expected levels, especially for those who understand lion behavior. Many YouTube videos describe Sekekama as the most legendary lion that ever lived with little to no information to back it up - no information about his natal pride or what happened to three older brothers in collation. The general narrative presented is that Sekekama and TornNose were born in 2007 while the other three brothers in 2005 to 2007 and got their first pride sometime in 2013, and marsh pride in 2014 and are still alive. I highly doubt this information and other such narratives.

They ended up taking over their first pride a few years earlier than 2013 as I believe that was when Savage Kingdom was filmed, plus the Khwai Boys were born in 2011 so this would have been around the time they ended up taking over their first territory. If I remember correctly, the 5 Selinda Boys ousted 4 pride males. In response to little being known about their natal pride, I know they were sired by two extremely dominant and aggressive males known as Romeo and Silver Eye but I seen a documentary explaining how lions had left Selinda because of all the poaching and what not so it’s not surprising not much is known. Reply