Lions of Sabi Sands

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(10-14-2020, 09:29 AM)felinefan Wrote:

(10-13-2020, 07:32 PM)Tr1x24 Wrote: Great video of Kambula pride dynamics:

3 new cubs are first introduced to the rest of a pride on a kill, mother and 2 other adult females where present. When the subadults came, 3 adults showed no agression towards the young females, but when the young males came thats a different story, they immidiately started attacking 5 young males.. 

As we speculated before, their days with the pride will be over soon, its yet to be seen if only they will be chased away or will the younger females also split and form a breakeaway..

It seems that there are 12 lions of those previous litter, 2 are missing, 1 younger cub of 2019 litter and one subadult male it seems.. 

So there are 5 subadult males, 5 subadult females and 2 younger cubs from 2019 atm in the pride. 

Lion dynamics is rly interesting right now in Sabi Sands, uncertain situation in Western sector with Othawas/HB and Tumbelas, Mhangenis have new cubs and more on the way, Kambulas with new cubs and situation with subadults. Also Torchwoods and Sand River prides have new cubs, Southern Pride female also.. 

Real baby boom in Sabi Sands..

This is a very disturbing video.  Did I hear right that there was infanticide in the Kambula pride.  One of the lioness, killed the 2 cubs born in June of this year, while the mother just watched as it happened.  I have not heard of this happening before within a pride of lions.  What could have triggered this action? Has this pride become too big and there is a lot of friction between the pride females themselves as well as between the females and the sub-adults.  The 3 cubs in the video on the kill were born more recently.  Are they safe in the pride now?

I remember this happening with cubs sired by the Matshapiri male as well.  So did this happened on more than one occasion and was it by the same female? Maybe its a dominance thing with with the dominant female. Reply