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(12-11-2024, 11:33 PM)afortich Wrote: Mandevu showing love to his son
Has YouTube links stopped working for everyone else too? Second time I noticed in the last day.
No, YT has been working fine for me, so far, but Instagram did stop earlier (noticed it on one of your posts, oddly enough, then found it was all Instagram embeds), not just the embedded links, but also the main site itself. Then I found out, it was all of Meta that were having some difficulties, though YT doesn't fall under that umbrella.
(12-11-2024, 11:33 PM)afortich Wrote: Mandevu showing love to his son
Has YouTube links stopped working for everyone else too? Second time I noticed in the last day.
No, YT has been working fine for me, so far, but Instagram did stop earlier (noticed it on one of your posts, oddly enough, then found it was all Instagram embeds), not just the embedded links, but also the main site itself. Then I found out, it was all of Meta that were having some difficulties, though YT doesn't fall under that umbrella.
Mbiri Pride Move into Kruger National Park (Birmingham Territory):
Would say it's bad idea for them as the Mbirhi Males is there and we all know how they operate, and the Birmingham Pride can really overwhelm them with numbers.
12-20-2024, 10:08 PM( This post was last modified: 12-21-2024, 08:51 PM by Mapokser )
Apparently RR has a 2.5yo son still with the pride and a 4,5yo semi-nomadic son who joins up with the pride from time to time but isn't fully tolerated by RR anymore.
Always interesting to see the different personalities in these lions, for RR it'd come in handy taking his son under him, especially with Mandevu teaming up with the Orpen son ( both who chased RR off not long ago ), but RR is a more "traditional" lion, doing the more "natural" thing of ousting the son.
Anyway as for naming the Orpen son, they said to suggest, preferably, names in the local languages. It'll be weird when he gets a name as I'm so used to "Orpen son", but I hope to see some good suggestions.
(12-20-2024, 10:08 PM)Mapokser Wrote: Apparently RR has a 2.5yo son still with the pride and a 4,5yo semi-nomadic son who joins up with the pride from time to time but isn't fully tolerated by RR anymore.
Always interesting to see the different personalities in these lions, for RR it'd come iim handy taking his son below his wings, especially with Mandevu teaming up with the Orpen son ( both who chased RR off not long ago ), but RR is a more "traditional" lion, doing the more "natural" thing of ousting the son.
Anyway as for naming the Orpen son, they said to suggest, preferably, names in the local languages. It'll be weird when he gets a name as I'm so used to "Orpen on", but I hope to see some good suggestions.
Matt said that Red Road "isn't too fussed about it" when the young male is there, which to me suggests that he's not particularly aggressive. However, the fact that the son tends to visit when his father isn't around indicates the son does want to avoid Red Road on some level.
As you said, Red Road could definitely do with the backup. If it's the same son we saw still with the pride a while ago (the one that was turning into the spitting image of RR) then he's got to be a pretty impressive male at this point, possibly rivalling the Mbiri Orpen male. I hope we get to see him on the Virtual Safari at some point. Great to get official confirmation that he's still alive, anyway.
(12-20-2024, 10:08 PM)Mapokser Wrote: Apparently RR has a 2.5yo son still with the pride and a 4,5yo semi-nomadic son who joins up with the pride from time to time but isn't fully tolerated by RR anymore.
Always interesting to see the different personalities in these lions, for RR it'd come iim handy taking his son below his wings, especially with Mandevu teaming up with the Orpen son ( both who chased RR off not long ago ), but RR is a more "traditional" lion, doing the more "natural" thing of ousting the son.
Anyway as for naming the Orpen son, they said to suggest, preferably, names in the local languages. It'll be weird when he gets a name as I'm so used to "Orpen on", but I hope to see some good suggestions.
All this time, that second male has been missing, and suddenly shows up out of the blue. I am really happy about it, as he just vanished, leaving us all wondering what had happened to him. If it is the son I am thinking of, he had already caught up to RRM, in size, I believe he is really going to be impressive.
(12-21-2024, 06:52 AM)Mabingilane Wrote: Does anyone know who the mother is of the 3 new cubs born approx Noblvember 2024? Is it an older Female from 2011?
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It’s 1/3 original matriarchs. The one w the Kinky tail.
