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Lions from Botswana
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Richard de Gouveia: " The power in movement that a male lion possesses is crazy. You can just see the attitude in this big guy! "
Beverly Joubert: " Botswana’s biggest cats exude a special kind of confidence. This magnificent male was marching through a marshland, his eyes fixed on another lion in the distance. Just twenty years ago lions had been virtually eradicated in the Selinda area at the hands of hunters. The night air was silent and devoid of the reverberating roar that is so iconic of the Africa continent. In 2006, @GreatPlainsConservation put a stop to the hunting and, soon after, the big cats returned. In our film, Birth of a Pride, we chronicled the rise of Selinda’s first cohesive lion family in many years – a reminder that wild animals can survive and thrive if given the space to roam. "
An optimistic conclusion: The big cats can recover their initial situation - when they have thrived all over the countries - very quickly. Moreover the men should allow it. So, let us hope ! 
Two huge males chasing intruders... Seeing them running by roaring is fascinating ! Always on the move, but at the end they benefit on the shadow of the cars, funny !
" Two resident dominant males (Old Gun and Sebastian) chase away three intruders (from nearby Selinda Camp, details below) who have been battling them for territory. Two of the three intruders were limping prior to the chase, and escaped in another direction. The healthy intruder led Old Gun and Sebastian on a long chase over the course of about an hour, covering roughly 2 miles. 12/22/2020 - it was brought to my attention by Hassan Mohammed that the three intruder males are most likely residents of Selinda Camp, which is a bit to the south of Lebala Camp. They spend their time in between the two areas, and have skirmishes with the Lebala males. See comments below from Hassan for more details. Thank you Hassan! " A question which is currently asked: Why don't lions attack trucks and vehicles ? " 1/4/2021 - Why didn't the lions attack the humans? So far this has been the most frequent comment / question. There are several reasons. First, many lions like these are used to, or habituated to, humans. They've grown up with safari trucks watching them from the time they were cubs. But they didn't grow up eating people, so we don't fit their normal idea of food. Some guides have told me that the lions don't recognize people as individuals inside the truck - instead they see the truck as one big blob. I don't *completely* believe that, I think they do see us in some way (they often look me in the eye). I think they ignore us because they're just not interested. Even so, it's not a good idea to stand up, or move around in such a way that you clearly separate yourself from the truck. Is there some risk involved in being in one of these trucks? Yes definitely, but it's hard to say how much. Throughout Botswana and South Africa there are probably hundreds of trucks just like these going out on morning and evening safari drives, every single day of the year. I don't remember ever hearing about someone being attacked by a lion while in one of these trucks. Finally, the guides are often familiar with particular lions, and they know which ones are calm and which ones aren't. One time I had a guide find tracks of two lions that he knew were aggressive and had charged the trucks in the past, and he told us we would not try to follow them. So you are putting trust in the guides to do their best to keep you safe, while being aware that wildlife is unpredictable and anything could happen. " 
Back to December 2012 in the Vumbura plains with the coalition of male lions known at the time as the fours boys and later renamed the Mbilimangenge males, according to the rangers who saw them in their early days these boys since they were first seen in the Vumbura area in mid February 2011 these young men were already very impressive huge bodies and quite developed manes, they ruled the area from 2013 until February 2020 which was the last time the last member of the coalition was seen.
These sequence of photos the boys were following a huge herd of buffalo and succeeding in capturing one of the buffalo in the herd! #VumburaPlains #OkavangoDelta By LuAnn Mayle Gabel  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author The last two Mbilimangenge males in 2018. By Speedy Senase  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author
The legends of Botswana; Sekekama & Torn Nose.
Recent sighting of the famous beasts of Savage Kingdom in the National Geographic series! At the age of 14/15 and with a full ten years of domination of Savuti! These brothers are still powerful! They rule the Marsh/Southern Pride and their 3 big sons “ Pretty Boy, Tsekedi and Blondie” rule the Northern Pride. While their fourth son, Sekoti “Snip tail” wanders among the two prides and tries as much as possible to occupy a place or to be accepted by one of these two coaltions. *The first three photos for Sekekama, and the remaining photos for his brother Torn Nose. Savuti, Botswana. Pictures credit: Robert Obonye II  (05-28-2021, 02:52 AM)Cunaguaro Wrote: The legends of Botswana; Sekekama & Torn Nose. Wow, I had no idea they were still going strong, incredible!
three of the Kubu males took over the Tsaro pride and Skimmer expelled the known as old Tsaro males in the Duba plains area, formerly the Kubu coalition was 4 males but with the few updates in the area the status of the missing male is unknown!
#DubaPlains #OkavangoDelta #Botswana By kebonyemodisa  *This image is copyright of its original author
One of the legends of the Duba Plains coming from a truly famous family his parents the notorious Duba boys and his mother one of the females of the Skimmer pride, the Skimmer boy became very famous as he was the one who overthrew the last of the old Duba (his father) to take over the emblematic Tsaro pride being the biggest and most prosperous in the area, doing an extraordinary job being the dominant male alone for many years (from 2008 until the end of 2013)!
In the Capture a youngster Skimmer male choking buffalo calf - Duba Plains 2004. #DubaPlains #Botswana By Jose Cortes III / Asia to Africa Safaris  *This image is copyright of its original author
Majestic Skoti/Sekoti- the prince of the Savuti area!!
Brains Bond: "From the name, you can be mistaken for thinking Sekoti is a small lion in size. He blew me away how big and majestic he looked. He had a mane worthy of a lion king and his roar minutes before this picture was taken had hairs on my skin standing." #Savuti #Chobe #Botswana By Brains Bond  *This image is copyright of its original author
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