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Lions of Sabi Sands
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 (11-24-2018, 08:26 PM)Tshokwane Wrote: Credits to Tsalala/Marthly male lions FB Page. whts their age now? 
Credits to Sahara Wulfsohn - Kirkman's Kamp.
The weeks seem to pass at a rate of knots here at Kirkman's Kamp, and whilst there have been many incredible sightings, there is one which seems to stand out as our Highlight of the Week! We all know nature has to take it's course, and animals often die of natural causes, as was the case with an elderly elephant bull last week. For 3 nights, clans of hyenas fought over the remains, as vultures waited patiently in the trees. It seemed that the hyenas had hit the jack pot, until the early hours of the next morning, when a male lion came charging in to claim the carcass as his own. This sent hyenas scattering in all directions 'cackling' and whooping as they bolted. He was followed by a second, then a third, and suddenly there was not a hyena in sight as the Marthly male lions claimed the carcass as their prize. What an amazing sighting for the Kirkman's Kamp guests, and their guides alike.  *This image is copyright of its original author
Meanwhile not far away, the southern Avocas and the Eyrefield lionesses...
These two pride males seemed to be looking for their lionesses not knowing they're only 500 meters further along the sand River, but they found the leftover of a small kill before continuing their search. Video and images by p1b787 (Andreas) at Kirkman's Kamp, November 25, 2018  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author Southern Avoca, image by Squack Evans at Kirkman's Kamp, November 25, 2018  *This image is copyright of its original author
Both southern and northern Avocas seem to be filling out and their manes darkening. Here's a northern Avoca with a Talamati lioness at Jaci's Sabi House.
Image by Andrew Khosa, November 25, 2018  *This image is copyright of its original author
Seems as though the Styx Pride were deep in the south of Mala Mala near the border of Kirkmans Kamp.
This pride of 11 lionesses and cubs we were told was very far from its original territory as they were "on the run" from New males in their area Video and image by p1b787 (Andreas), November 25, 2018  *This image is copyright of its original author
I thought it might be worth examining some of the distinguishing facial features of the northern Avoca boys. The first boy is the dark skinned lion with the upward slanting eyes and broad rounded nose. He was described by Brent Leo-Smith as being taller at the shoulder and hip than the Birmingham Boys and Majingilanes, and the tallest lion he'd seen in the area since Hairy Belly. He is presumed to be the dominant male among the three owing to his darker toned skin, mane, and his fierce gaze. Image by Zaheer Ali.
 *This image is copyright of its original author Then there's the two blonder brothers. The first is the big guy who has spent most of the time hanging out with the Nkuhumas at Djuma. He is the lion who was sporting a limp a while back. He has shown a fair amount of tolerance with the Nkuhuma, Mangheni and Talamati sub adults. He has a long scar on the left side of his nose below his eye, as well as a scar which creases the skin near his nostrils.  *This image is copyright of its original author The third has up until recently sported a mohawk (I think it's growing out). He is identifiable by his amber eyes that are the same colour as the Amber eyed Nkuhuma female that he was mating with a few months back. He has some finer scars around the left side of his nose, but no distinguishing ones. He has been spending a lot of time with the Talamati lionesses in Buffelshoek and Manyeleti recently and seems equally well built as his brothers. Image by Mems & Farida Carim  *This image is copyright of its original author
"He is the lion who was sporting a limp a while back, and the one who savaged the hyena (but let him go)"
Are you sure? On the video with hyena this Avoca male look quite like this dark maned one. To my eye at least. Raj8143 Wrote: Wrote:whts their age now? They're about 5 years old, close to be 6 next january. Southern avocas are from early 2013 and Tsalalas were always described as the significantly younger in compare to their 2 rivals.
Btw such compares of lions from different coalitions by the peaple which has opportunity to see them from close distance are always very intersting.
Could someone describe this Brent Leo Smint. I found nothink about him above that he worked in londolozi as a guide... but he is talking about lions from northen Sabi Sands. Did he changed place he work in? For how lond does he work in Sabi Sands?
It's difficult to assess from afar, but the big dark skinned boy looks very distinctive to me, and while he still has some blonde in his mane, it is quite a bit darker than the other two, whereas the lion with the limp looks to have an almost fully blonde mane. Credit: Safari Live at Djuma.
Brent Leo-Smith is one of the Safari live field guides who along with his brother - another Sabi Sands field guide - has a lot of experience with Kruger prides and coalitions.  (11-27-2018, 04:58 PM)Tshokwane Wrote:I found it here(11-27-2018, 04:06 PM)joka98 Wrote: Young KT and other young male in background? Is that MrT or other male? http://www.cathouse-fcc.org/africa03.html  (11-26-2018, 04:01 AM)Herekitty Wrote: Seems as though the Styx Pride were deep in the south of Mala Mala near the border of Kirkmans Kamp. Which males Are they running from? And are their cubs bboys sired  (11-28-2018, 11:48 PM)Pbonz Wrote:It's not really males they are running from it has more to do with the Nkuhuma pride, they are venturing further south so that forces the Styx pride do go even further south because they can't contest the Nkuhuma pride.(11-26-2018, 04:01 AM)Herekitty Wrote: Seems as though the Styx Pride were deep in the south of Mala Mala near the border of Kirkmans Kamp. |
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