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Lions of Sabi Sands
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Mangheni pride
 *This image is copyright of its original author Credits to Jaryd Povall The calm before the storm. This pride of lions, 17 in total, all gathered on this termite mound to scan the area of some form of prey. What happened next was a little bit crazy 
The Mhungen pride again filling up more than the frame as they quench their thirst. The pride has been having great success killing buffalo of late.
Credits: Inyati Game Lodge  *This image is copyright of its original author
Tsalala Breakaway - Londolozi Blog - 30 July 2017
By Kevin Power One of the most memorable lion sightings I’ve ever had. The two females from the Tsalala breakaway pride stumbled across the remains of a hoisted impala kill from a leopard. The two of them climbed the tree and fought over the kill on the branch. The Tailless female came out tops and was the one to finish the kill off high up on the branches of the Marula tree.  *This image is copyright of its original author
Styyx Female has 4 new cubs.. to make it 10 cubs in total.
http://capturingthewild.blogspot.com/201...ember.html Our initial idea was to go back to where the Styx pride (3 females, 6 cubs) had been seen earlier that morning and this was where the magic started. Upon arrival to the area we were greeted to the most adorable sight of the four, one month old, cubs! Their cute littleOur initial idea was to go back to where the Styx pride (3 females, 6 cubs) had been seen earlier that morning and this was where the magic started. Upon arrival to the area we were greeted to the most adorable sight of the four, one month old, cubs! Their cute little rounded faces buried in the soft stomach fur of their mother as they eagerly suckled from her swollen teats was accompanied by a chorus of soft exclamations from all present in the vehicle and followed by stunned silence punctuated with the occasional soft “Cute”, “Wow” and even “Amazing”. These soft utterances were not enough to truly describe the feelings coursing through the entire vehicle like a soft comforting electrical current. Perhaps the video below will emulate the same feeling for yourself. rounded faces buried in the soft stomach fur of their mother as they eagerly suckled from her swollen teats was accompanied by a chorus of soft exclamations from all present in the vehicle and followed by stunned silence punctuated with the occasional soft “Cute”, “Wow” and even “Amazing”. These soft utterances were not enough to truly describe the feelings coursing through the entire vehicle like a soft comforting electrical current. Perhaps the video below will emulate the same feeling for yourself.
The real King awakens.
Tsalala/Marthly male,Londolozi photo by Dee's Crafty
Mhangeni sub-adults
Credits: Kelwan Kaiser wildlife photography  *This image is copyright of its original author
A rhino forcing the Kambula girls up a cliff. (Look at their bellies!)
photo by Andrew Danckwerts, MalaMala Safari specialist  *This image is copyright of its original author
Credits: Singita
August 2017 report The Mhangene pride continued to move further west during the month of August, predominantly as a result of trailing the large herds of buffalo in the western section of the Sabi Sand. On a sad note for the month, the Othawa pride have lost their last two youngest cubs. This brings the pride back to only four individuals. With the recent loss of the cubs this will result in the females coming back into oestrus and thus opportunity for mating activity to occur
Credits: Singita
September 2017 report The Mhangene pride continues to traverse through large areas of the Sabi Sand. With 16 adult or sub-adult lions on the move, it is notable that even large carcasses are only going to last for a short period of time. This lion pride is large enough to consume an entire buffalo within a few hours and move out of the area shortly afterwards. There are no opportunities to bank on the fact that this pride would be waiting for you in the morning if they had killed a buffalo the night before. The nine sub adult males in the pride are showing clear signs of approaching adulthood as their manes continue to grow and their general body size increases, soon to be larger than the adult females. It will be an interesting time for this pride as the nine males (if they stand together and remain as a coalition) will be a force to be reckoned with. The aging Majingilane male lions are preoccupied with keeping new coalitions at bay, which continue to push into the west from the Kruger National Park.
Tsalala/Marthly males at Londolozi,10/03/2017
Photo credit to D.Crafty  *This image is copyright of its original author
 (10-03-2017, 09:05 PM)vinodkumarn Wrote: Credits: SingitaBoth the Mhangene and the Talamati pride currently have huge numbers of sub adult males within their prides will be interesting to see where they go once they go nomadic |
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