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Kambula/Ntsevu Pride
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 (07-02-2023, 01:32 AM)Mwk85 Wrote: Kambula Breakaways on a buffalo calf kill. Apparently at some point during all the commotion the Nkuhuma Pride showed up and there was said to have been an encounter between the two which ended up with them (NK's) moving off instead of fighting it out. A commenter on the post stated that one of the daughters of Amber Eyes joined the KB's on the kill afterwards, but I haven't seen footage of that so I'm not sure if that's legitimate or not. As we saw in the Londolozi video, their sister seems to struggle to get a place on the kill, so I doubt an unknown/rival male would be allowed. Surprised she hasn't moved off to do her own thing yet, she should be looking for a mate soon, and she won't want to mate with her brothers. 
Londolozi Blog on one of the Kambula mothers and the pride dynamics
Thought this was interesting "So now back to the story, there had been a brief tussle between one of the Ntsevu Females and one of the Ndzhenga Males, not too sure of the cause, after this the mother of the two female cubs mentioned earlier ran in and bit one of the older cubs from her sister’s litter. Upon letting it go and things settling down, the cub struggled to walk and was badly injured. She did not kill this cub but with the aggression she went after it with, did she intend to kill it? The cub did survive for a few days but has since been missing probably meaning that it did not survive" https://blog.londolozi.com/2023/07/05/th...r-lioness/  (06-01-2023, 01:58 PM)Tr1x24 Wrote:(06-01-2023, 05:21 AM)Mapokser Wrote: You're seeing some little footage here and there and coming to a drastic conclusion. Only 2 missing, but both have been seen with other females previously. More important, 3 old and 4 young females together with the cubs.  *This image is copyright of its original author
Sighting of some of the Kambula Pride cubs after a Kambula lionesses took an interest in the Split Rock male leopard. Everyone went on their own way afterwards.
Londolozi Blog now intimates on something some of us have suspected was happening.
The Kambulas are likely undergoing a split/breakaway Excerpt: ‘ The pride at this point is made up of two portions, one consists of five adults and nine cubs born Jan/Feb 2023, the other consists of three adults and three cubs born Mar/Apr 2023. Of the eight adults we see, four are the original mothers born in 2013 and four are offspring of the Birmingham Males born in 2018. We are all interested in what this has in store with the pride, will the two units rejoin or will they remain separate and form two different prides?’ https://blog.londolozi.com/2023/08/07/up...zi-part-1/ 
What about the Kambula Lioness that had the last cubs from the B'ham Males? I was surprised she came back when her daughter(s) was just around two, knowing in the back of her mind that it was a big risk.... Her sub didn't survive as a result. Those few years invested in her litter down the drain.
Did one of them already disappear before she came back? I was hoping she'd form a separate breakaway pride, at least until her sub was old enough to fend for herself. Which one was she? And I wonder if she's in the smaller group, along with the K6.... (08-12-2023, 11:43 PM)Cath2020 Wrote: What about the Kambula Lioness that had the last cubs from the B'ham Males? I was surprised she came back when her daughter(s) was just around two, knowing in the back of her mind that it was a big risk.... Her sub didn't survive as a result. Those few years invested in her litter down the drain. Yes. That is K3 and she’s part of the group that has K6 and K2 w 3 cubs. She was rumored to also be pregnant and I haven’t seen her in several weeks which may mean she went denning. There are conflicting reports about her lost two daughters…..one seems to have been lost before she came back near the N’waswitshaka again. The second daughter has been seen in the presence of the males a few times giving what turned out to be false hope cause sadly she disappeared suddenly which guide believe was a result of the males attacking her. The only Original Kambula that has introduced cubs to the remaining Pride is K5….she seems to be the only one that was accepted back fully a month the cubs of the daughters . But these things are fluid and it’s not saying they will remain split….only time will tell
Current status of the Kambula Pride
Smaller group consists of K2 w 3 cubs , K3 and K6 Credit of ID chart to: Ruiting
In the past few days, K2 is alone and anxiously looking for her three cubs. Interesting, her three cubs have been spotted in the core group, which consists of 12 cubs right now. The three cubs of K2 stay very closely to K9 (daughter of K2） in the core group.
K2 contact call her cubs 12 cubs in the core group the 3 smaller cubs following K9 are K2's cubs, |
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