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Facing the Victor Kgalagadi TransfrontiernPark SouthAfrica.  *This image is copyright of its original author The dominant male of the Rooiputs pride that single handedly defeated a coalition of three males that wanted to take over his pride and kill the two young cubs.
 
Brothers.
The bond between lions are absolutely amazing and to watch this in real life is an absolute privilege. Something that I will never take for granted. Credits: Gerhard Steenkamp Photography  *This image is copyright of its original author
Cruel nature!!. A lioness and a crocodile fights for food along Mara river. The crocodile caught the zebra while crossing but the zebra was able to pull itself to the bank of the river in which the lioness saw the commotion and hurriedly killed the zebra while the crocodile holds the zebra's leg. this continued for a while as the lioness feed on the dead zebra and to some extent the crocodile was holding the leg for the lioness to have the best flesh. after the lioness was full she left the ground and other crocodiles joined in to have a bite.(photos by D.Aruasa @Mara Traingle)
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That's a huge crocodile, and that lioness got some serious guts by trying to take food away from this behemoth.
Credits: Don Getty
This morning was our first morning in Kenya’s Maasai Mara Game Reserve. At the end of an otherwise great morning of photography we were about to head to the lodge for lunch when we were at the scene of a single lioness and a massive Nile crocodile in a battle to control the carcass of a zebra. The croc held firmly to a hind leg of the zebra as the lioness held the other end. We photographed from across the river for nearly an hour as the situation evolved. The lioness managed to feed on the zebra as the croc held its ground. Ultimately about a dozen other very large crocs approached from the river and the lioness gave up its battle for the zebra. This is something neither of our guides had even seen before. As a wildlife photographer it was awesome to be a witness to the event. As always, shares, comments and like/reactions are appreciated.  *This image is copyright of its original author
11-08-2017, 05:10 AM
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Video is 3 months old, but shows an Angama Lioness (Masai Mara Triangle) shuffling the choke on two young wildebeests. Quite a bit of videos showing Lions committing a kill and moving off to another without finishing(eating) the previous kill during the migration period.
Playing in the soft sand
Credits: Gerhard Steenkamp  *This image is copyright of its original author
Written and Photographed by Isaac Kalio
Shumba guide Isaac Kalio reports on a phenomenal final month of our season in Kafue’s Busanga Plains I came back from leave on the 22nd September. Colleague Newton Mulenga reported that the nomadic male lion was alone and that his coalition partner was missing after being seen with a face full of porcupine quills. We suspect this killed him. This lone male, named Beast, has been sighted numerous times on the plains and the resident pride seems to have lost their fear of him.  *This image is copyright of its original author BeastExciting news is the females appear to be in “pseudo oestrus,” a state where lions come into heat without ovulating, in order to impress Beast and protect their cubs. It all started with Queen, the alpha female of the pride, who left the group to find Beast and they mated for a couple of days.  *This image is copyright of its original author Beast and Queen During this time her first daughter Machine was made to look after Queen’s cub, together with her own two cubs; it was fascinating to watch these cubs taking on a lechwe calf which was discovered after being chased off of their kill by Machine’s twin boys near Shumba Camp. The two boys then climbed up onto the Shumba deck after finishing their meal. Familiar behaviour for us!  *This image is copyright of its original author A young male from the Papyrus Pride seen on the deck at Shumba Camp *This image is copyright of its original author The twins chasing a lechwe calfBut the story doesn’t end there... Beast finished mating and on one of our afternoon game drives we found him with Shy at a zebra kill. It was difficult to know who made the kill as we found Beast with full belly and Shy feeding. We witnessed a few fights which didn’t seem to be serious and they seemed to have genuine respect for each other.  *This image is copyright of its original author Beast and Shy sharing a kill *This image is copyright of its original author Beast and Shy fightingIt got dark and we thought we’d go back first thing the next morning; we duly did and it was interesting to see the two males still feeding together. The first thought that came to my mind was “Here is the formation of a new coalition”. Shy is the resident male who has been on the run from Beast and Blonde all season. Incidentally, Shy was also seen mating down south with a female from the Moshi Pride. Finally the zebra was finished, so what next? Shy went and sat 100 metres to the south and Beast 100 metres to the north, both staring at each other with faces seemingly full of questions. Eventually Beast moved on. That day we met Machine looking very desperate and roaring. We assumed she was looking for the rest of the pride. An hour or two later she caught up with Princess and her first litter, the twin boys, one of which she pushed to mate with her. Shame, that little boy had no experience and Machine, after a lot of frustration, disappeared in the night. In the morning Machine was happy... and Beast seemed to be in love again!  *This image is copyright of its original author Machine attempting to mate with one of the young Papyrus Pride males. This time Queen took over the babysitting duties. We thought this was the end of the story but Beast, who has received so much amorous attention, was then seen mating with two females at the same time, after Princess joined her sister, Machine. At two years old, Princess is the youngest female in the pride. Now, just as we thought all the lion loving was over, Shumba GM Ondyne Dobeyn sent me some pics of a lactating female who seemed to appear out of nowhere. She then met up with Beast in in front of Shumba Camp and immediately push him to mate. I couldn’t believe it – the female was Maggie with her tiny cubs in tow! Beast has now mated with every female in the resident Papyrus Pride, which raises several questions – which may only be answered in six or seven months’ time… • Will Beast become the King of Busanga? • Will Beast accept the existing cubs? • Will Beast become a coalition partner with Shy? • Was pseudo oestrus practiced by these females? Time – and the start of our new season in the Busanga Plains next June – will tell.  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author Regurgitated Hair and Bone pieces of an Impala by a Lion. Pretty big and sharp bone pieces (one of them is a part of the hip joint) to be regurgitated! credit: presenter Stefan Winterboer, safariLive. sunset 15/11/2017 (t=1:34:05)  Who's this brute? Who's Milo? What pride does he belong to? He's huge and that mane....!
Image: Lions’ long shot by Michael Cohen.
 *This image is copyright of its original author Something draws me to life and death struggles in nature. It’s raw and emotional and a rare privilege to witness.’ Peering through the rain, Michael spotted a captivating scene, two lions hot on the hooves of a fully-grown male giraffe. This struggle is particularly unusual. Lions rarely attack giraffes as a single kick from their long, powerful legs could prove fatal. But as the hunt drew closer, Michael saw that this giraffe had misshapen hooves. This may have affected the giraffe’s ability to run, which could have attracted the lions’ attention. The lions succeeded in their task. Keep an eye out as we’re sharing a blog on this next week with more images and the full story! Skip to 3:15 in the video. Any Identification of the three Male Lions in this video? was filmed in Mala Mala reserve and posted Aug, 2015 (though could be from an earlier date) Warning loud scream by the duiker in the beginning. |
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