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Coalitions of Kruger National Park
Coalitions of Kruger National Park
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Coalitions of Kruger National Park
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After the disappearance of his brother T several months ago the last two Mjejane males pretty boy and toya have made several successful moves so far, they have been dominating a certain area in Biyamiti and recently decided to expand taking the two afsaal males (south shishangeni male and eastern bank male) by surprise, expelling them from the afsaal area and taking charge of that territory in which they have apparently take over the windmill pride, apparently some sub adults from that pride they managed to get out alive and escaped, unfortunately some of the cubs that were there were eliminated, these two boys are powerful warriors still in their prime, sired by the famous and powerful old Shishangeni males who left a huge legacy in Kruger, the last two mjejane are strong, firm and safe protecting a large territory that they are in charge of now, together they are almost unstoppable, I hope their legacy manages to survive and continues to spread throughout the park, good luck to these great and powerful guys.
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South Shisangeni male with last reaming eastern bank male catching up with him
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A great sighting of the Mjejane youngsters as they fight over what’s left of the warthog kill this morning.
The three Nhlanganini males near Letaba north Kruger on 5th November.
Credit: Cobie Bemmel
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Three of the Gomondwane brothers popped up on MJEJANE again this afternoon. They made a buffalo kill. Time will tell what their intentions are.  *This image is copyright of its original author Phony picture i tried to make it clear as much as possible .This lioness ofcourse one of the Mantimahle pride females back to 2011 rest in Road of Skukuza in H1-2 . Majingilane males sister ( Hip scar twins/littimate ) . Created By Original auther . 
Singita KNP update
Lion dynamics have been somewhat confusing in the past few months, since the demise of the Shish male by the two Trichardt males, there seems to be a rift that needs filling. The Trichardt males, although most often seen in the southern regions of the reserve have been seen expanding their reach much further north. Often now being seen as far north and west as Gudzane Dam, and actively mating with a few of the Mananga lionesses while in the area. The Mananga Pride has been seen a handful of times, once being on a giraffe kill on Park Road, in the presence of the remaining Shish male, all feeding together. However, some females have been seen mating with the Trichardt males, and yet the pride as a whole has not been seen in the presence of these males, except for one sighting most recently at the giraffe carcass. The giraffe carcass attracted a few other male lions, possibly from the N’wanetsi coalition. The Shishangaan Pride have been setting all their focus on their cubs, of which there are now 15 in total that we know of. Of the seven powerful females, six of them have successfully brought their cubs from the den-sites and they are now mobile and covering more ground with their mothers. However, two of the females, who have had their cubs most recently have been separated often from the rest of the pride as their cubs are much younger and unable to keep up with the movements of the others. But these two females seem to be coping just fine together, having most recently been seen close to the N’wanetsi River with very full bellies and cubs with equally full bellies after suckling. The Maputo male coalition has been seen in the northern areas several times, once even in the presence of the old Sweni male while feeding on a kill. However, all of these males disappeared from the area when the two Trichardt males appeared and feasted in this area much further north than we have ever seen them. The same kill attracted a young male lion which had been seen a few times during October, once on a young buffalo kill. There is a possibility that this may be one of the Mananga pride’s young males who is going through a tough time of independence, but it has been difficult to confirm his identification.
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[/video] One of the Gomondwane brothers on Mjejane early this morning, too full to eat but too cautious of the circling vultures to leave the kill.
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the three beautiful and powerful phabeni males and his partner the old fourways blondie, a great force to be reckoned with 4 males that rule from the phabeni area to pretoriuskop in the kruger national park, the 4 males are distributed around those two areas and so far they have been very successful, I hope their rule continues for a long time. |
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