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09-07-2021, 02:06 AM( This post was last modified: 09-12-2021, 08:36 PM by Acinonyx sp. )
Name: Kisaru
Gender: Male
Location: Masai Mara
Subspecies:Acinonyx jubatus jubatus
Status: Unknown (probably deceased)
His brother and him formed a coalition. When his brother got injured, Kisaru would nurse him. At one point in his life Kisaru got injured and lost an eye; however this did not stop him from helping his brother hunt. He lost his brother and he kept going with only 1 functioning eye. He missed a few kills due to this handicap but he sometimes hunted large prey like young zebra with only one eye and without his brother. He is known to be an inspiration due to this.
Name: Amani
Gender: Female
Date of Birth: 2009
Location: Masai Mara
Subspecies: Acinonyx jubatus jubatus
Status: Alive (as of 2021)
Amani is also known as F3 or Peace. She has given birth to 4 litters. The first litter was born in 2012 and consisted of 2 males and 1 female; one of the males went missing; the female and the other male was raised into successfully raised to independence. The 2nd litter was borin in 2013 and consisted of one female who was successfully raised to independence. The 3rd litter was born in 2018 and consisted of 2 females who were also successfully raised to independence. In 2018 she gave birth to 3 new cubs. Amani is known to be a great mother and an excellent hunter, she once chased away a leopardess to save her cubs.
Name: Malaika
Gender: Female
Date of Birth: 2007
Location: Masai Mara
Status: Deceased
Subspecies: Acinonyx jubatus jubatus
Malaika was born to the female cheetah Serena in 2007. Malaika means queen, a title which many think she has earned. Malaika has given birth to 8 litters! She raised 5 cubs out of the litters to independence. They are
Bawa (Born in 2012)
Malik (Born in 2014)
Malika (Born in 2014)
Dogo (Born in 2016)
Kigumba (Born in 2016)
In 2018 Malaika apparently died, probably due to drowning or being killed by crocs when crossing the Olore Olok River.
Mahamba was saved from a bullet and was one of the cheetahs which were ranslocated to Phinda Resource Reserve (Now Phinda Private Game Reserve). She gave birth to 16 cubs in the PPGR. She was killed by a leopard in the december of 1996.
Luke Hunter's Observations of Mahamba from Cheetah, Hunter and Hamman 2013
“The female cheetah Mahamba is resting with her five young cubs in the shade of some jackberry trees. Mahamba is suddenly alert and I see she has spotted a single male impala moving slowly through the thick woodland about 60 meters way; he is unaware of the cheetahs/ The bush is extremely dense, less ideal for a chase yet Mahamba begins stalking. She is achingly careful about each step and it takes her 30 minutes to cover 15 meters; I have never seen a stalk like this.
30 minutes later:The Impala looks directly at Mahamba. They stare at each other in a stalemate for a minute before the impala moves off slowly. He has not recognized the dange. Suddenly Mahamba takes off. She hurtles into the bush and disappears. I catch a glimpse of the impala in full flight, with mahamba close behind. It is impossible to follow her, so I wait with the cubs. They are very alert and all sitting upright.
24 minutes later: I hear Mahamba call in the distance. One cub chirps loudly in response and Mahamba calls again; all cubs race off towards the mother. I relocate them five minutes later. Mahamba has killed the impala (a-five-to-six-year-old male) and the cubs are feeding. I am astonished at how dense the bush is here. Cheetahs must be more versatile hunters than widely depicted.” “The female Mahanmba is resting with her 3 cubs when a second female cheetah-with five large cubs-appears in the distance. The new cubs are racing ahead of the mother, play-chasing each other, when one of them bumps into Mahamba and family. All the cheetahs are startled, the Mahmba stops and calls her cubs to her. The other female’s cubs race over, perhaps thinking they are being called. For about 15 minutes there is a chorus of chirping, growling and hissing as the cubs work out who is who. Mahamba is mildly upset and twice spits explosively at the cubs, but she soon relaxes. The new female seems completely unperturbed by the interaction and flops to the ground in the middle of the cubs, ignoring all of them. The 10 cheetahs gradually settle to rest, all within touching distance of each other. From time to time, the cubs from the different families seem eager to interact with one another but any tentative playful gestures trigger another outburst of uncertain spits and hisses from all the cubs. They stay together for two hours resting peacefully for most of the time, and looking like a single large family.
2 hours later: The second female gets up abruptly , stretches and walks away, heading south. Her cubs follow Mahamba and her cubs watch them depart, then move off in the opposite direction. “
“The female cheetah Mahamba is resting on a large termite mound when I see two males approaching from 2 meters away. Theys ee her and begin trotting in to explore, their postures low and aggressive. Mahamba is snoozing and fails to see them until they are about 30 meters away. She spots them and immediately takes flight. , slinking off her termite mound and rushing away, but they catch up with her in 50 meters. The lead male knocks her to the ground and she rolls frantically on her back with a shrill sequel. The second male rushes in and there is a cacophony of calls from all three animals. Mahamba remains lying on the ground growling, yelping and stuttering at the males, who return and ‘attack her’. They smack at her with their front paws and seem to bite her flanks, though none of the assaults appeared serious; she is not injured. Time and again, the males attempt to sniff her hind quarters, stuttering constantly, but she protests violently each time and turns on them. Provoking another spectacular round of fighting. This carries on for the entire day with no indication that Mahamba is anywhere near ready to mate or that the males are losing interest.”
“Mahamba and her four cubs are resting on a shallow rise just after the last light when a single lioness suddenly appears. She is upon them without warning and the cheetahs scatter into darkness. I am sure the cubs have enough of a head start to escape. But when I catch up with the lioness after about 200 meters I am shocked to see that she has caught one of the cubs. The cub is still alive and screaming as the lioness mauls it’s hindquarters. Mahamba is very distressed, circling about 15 meters away and moaning as though to distract the lion. The lioness drops the cub, which is still alive, and briefly chases Mahamba, then rushes back. Again she attacks the cub which in a moment of desperation, twists in the lioness’s paws and bites her chest. The lioness immediately bites the cub through the head and thankfully, it is killed instantly.”
“Mahamba has caught a young impala. As her six-month old cubs race to join her, she releases it alive (though with a large gash in it’s flank from the dew claw). The lamb stumbles to the near cub, which suddenly halts its approach and hisses nervously . The lamb is clearly dazed. And stands immobile, with the cubs milling around, evidently uncertain of the next move. Two cubs take turns to tap it gently on a hindleg but it does not move. The cubs lose interest and sit or lie around. At one point, the impala nudges a cub in the ribs as though it is trying to suckle. After 10 minutes, Mahamba walks to the impala and quickly suffocates it. As though on cue, the cubs rush to the carcass and begin feeding.”
09-12-2021, 08:23 PM( This post was last modified: 09-12-2021, 08:27 PM by Acinonyx sp. )
Name: Kisaru
Gender: Female
Date of birth: 2018
Location: Masai Mara
Status: Alive (as of 2021)
Subspecies: Acinonyx jubatus jubatus
Kisaru was born to Amani in 2018. Kisaru means the one who cares, she was named so because she took great care of her sister Busara. Kisaru gave birth to 6 cubs; she took great care of them, all of them were successfully raised to independence. Kisaru may be pregnant again as of 2021.
Name: HNP004 and HNP005 (coalition of 2) Gender: Male Location: Hwange Area, Zimbabwe Status: Alive as of 2012, probably deceased as of 2021 Subspecies: Acinonyx jubatus jubatus
