Kambula/Ntsevu Pride

[NLAL11]

Londolozi Virtual Safari. Ntsevu/Kambula lioness with three young cubs. Footage taken at the end of October.

Looks like the three youngest Kambula cubs we've seen in previous videos. Sean said this is one of the Birmingham daughters, and this is her first litter. For the life of me I can't figure out which Kambula girl this is. Reply

[Tonpa]

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[NLAL11]

Brief clip at the beginning of a breakaway Kambula lioness at Campbell Koppies, where she has apparently given birth. No shot of the cubs though. Credits to Mala Mala.

This is a very leopard-esque densite. Wouldn't have thought a lion could get up there. Reply

[Ttimemarti]

Not sure if it’s recent but mala mala just posted on instagram that one of the older kambula girls just gave birth to 3 cubs Reply

[criollo2mil]

(01-04-2024, 06:13 AM)Ttimemarti Wrote: Not sure if it’s recent but mala mala just posted on instagram that one of the older kambula girls just gave birth to 3 cubs

Yes, its one of the three Originbals that are separated from the Core. Londolozi is already calling them a breakaway since its been almost a year since they have not returned to the pride. Reply

[Robot00]

(01-04-2024, 08:06 PM)criollo2mil Wrote:

(01-04-2024, 06:13 AM)Ttimemarti Wrote: Not sure if it’s recent but mala mala just posted on instagram that one of the older kambula girls just gave birth to 3 cubs

Yes,  its one of the three Originbals that are separated from the Core.   Londolozi is already calling them a breakaway since its been almost a year since they have not returned to the pride.

Who's the father(s) of these cubs? Reply

[Ttimemarti]

(01-04-2024, 08:06 PM)criollo2mil Wrote:

(01-04-2024, 06:13 AM)Ttimemarti Wrote: Not sure if it’s recent but mala mala just posted on instagram that one of the older kambula girls just gave birth to 3 cubs

Yes,  its one of the three Originbals that are separated from the Core.   Londolozi is already calling them a breakaway since its been almost a year since they have not returned to the pride.

So they are a breakaway pride how unfortunate the cubs won’t know eachother and this could cause problems later on Reply

[criollo2mil]

(01-04-2024, 11:04 PM)Robot00 Wrote:

(01-04-2024, 08:06 PM)criollo2mil Wrote:

(01-04-2024, 06:13 AM)Ttimemarti Wrote: Not sure if it’s recent but mala mala just posted on instagram that one of the older kambula girls just gave birth to 3 cubs

Yes,  its one of the three Originbals that are separated from the Core.   Londolozi is already calling them a breakaway since its been almost a year since they have not returned to the pride.

Who's the father(s) of these cubs?

Ndzenga Males Reply

[Mapokser]

@criollo2mil K6 was with the core pride as mentioned by MalaMala's latest monthly report.

I also don't think there's almost 1 year they haven't all been sighted together, I think maybe 6 months or so, one of the older females lost her previous cubs on the core pride because they were all feeding together after all. Reply

[Ttimemarti]

Small update 


K1 (passed away) 
Son- K1
Daughter k7 k8
Born June 2018

K2 (Born Feb 2013)
No sons
Daughters K9 k10 
Born July 2018

K3 (Born December 2012)
Son k2
Daughter k11 (passed away)
Born late July/Early August 2018

K4 (passed away)
Sons k3 k4 k5
No daughters 
Born September 2018

K5 (Born May 2013)
Son k6
Daughter k12
Born May 2019

K6 (Born Feb 2013)
Unable to have cubs 

If any are wrong please correct me or if anyone wants to add photos but I believe these are correct I didn’t wanna add the nwaswitshaka cub count because I am still a bit fuzzy on those just know it’s 16 cubs in the pride and breakaway pride now with k3 or k2 denning the other has the three newest cubs
This is an updated post from page 1 of the kambula thread Reply

[Tr1x24]

(01-06-2024, 02:16 AM)Ttimemarti Wrote: K4 (passed away)
Sons k3 k4 k5
No daughters 

Although people believe that those 3 young males are littermates, I dont think K5 male is.

His face features and body type are so much different then K4 and K3, who also look very similar to Nhenha, while K5 is not, he looks more similar to Tinyo.

Maybe K2 female is his mother. Reply

[Duco Ndona]

I think that only suggests that the same lioness mated with both males. Not that they arent the same litter. Reply

[Ttimemarti]

(01-06-2024, 02:45 AM)Tr1x24 Wrote:

(01-06-2024, 02:16 AM)Ttimemarti Wrote: K4 (passed away)
Sons k3 k4 k5
No daughters 

Although people believe that those 3 young males are littermates, I dont think K5 male is.

His face features and body type are so much different then K4 and K3, who also look very similar to Nhenha, while K5 is not, he looks more similar to Tinyo.

Maybe K2 female is his mother.

I am not sure when k2 female gave birth to her daughters but I think that would mean k5 is older then k2 and k4 idk about that but I have no idea… but it makes sense k1 and k2 are the older two and the potentially 3 littermates are together with the youngest I would think k5 would’ve been with the older boys maybe or at least he’d be bigger and more developed but that might be his mother Reply

[Ngonya]

(01-06-2024, 02:16 AM)Ttimemarti Wrote: Small update 

Great info, thanks for sharing Reply

[Mapokser]

@Tr1x24 guessing such a thing based on looks only doesn't make sense especially since being a littermate is far from confirmation that they are full brothers.

They can be littermates and have different fathers, in fact, within cats, chances are big for this to happen.

A popular exemple would be Mr.T and KT who were littermates but while KT is almost a carbon copy of the Scarnosed WSM and the Rollercoaster who was killed by a croc, Mr.T however strongly resembles the Torn Nose WSM.

Although in the end, since Tinyo and Nhenha are related, it's also not impossible for a son of Nhenha to resemble Tinyo. Reply