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Mostly through deterrence and luck none of them called the bluff.. That does not mean they are capable enough to actually fight.
She probably saw it.
But if a predator just lies like that, its not likely to be interested in hunting. Especially if it knows its prey very likely already saw him.
I'm not sure you can apply the hunting strategies of terrestrial animals to crocodiles...
If you didn't watch the whole thing, the croc enters the water after they start crossing
Savanna June 2021 Update
https://savannalodge.com/wildlife-blog-june-2021/ Many of you have been following our social media on Facebook, YouTube and Instagram, as well as the updates from other lodges, and would have seen the sad and very unexpected demise of the magnificent Ottawa male. He became very confident and decided to challenge the Birmingham males to his east, in an attempt to expand his territory. Unfortunately, being on his own, he was killed in the fight, and we lost one of the most incredible males we have had for some time. This has had some major ramifications for our lion population, as one might expect. Incredibly, the Mhangene pride seemed to have picked up very quickly that he had died, and that their new cubs were in danger, so moved much further west and into our concession. For the past month or so, they have been permanently on Savanna’s property and have been giving us fantastic viewing of the young cubs in particular. The two youngest cubs (both female) are now around four months old and are full of energy, fighting with one another, practicing their stalking techniques and tackling their older cousin, who is now one-year old. Their antics are certainly a joy to watch! The pride itself now consists of five adult females, a one-year old female and the two young cubs. We are not sure what happened to the sixth female, as she has hardly been seen since the pride came west, but we are still hoping that she is ok. They have been regular sightings on our drives, concentrating in the south-west of our concession, and recently had a large buffalo kill for a few days which kept their cubs very content. As is usual after such a feast, a long thirst-quenching drink is in order! The Ottawa pride has been just as rewarding, as they too have some young cubs. These are a few weeks younger than the Mhangene pride’s cubs and so one can appreciate that they too are fantastic viewing at the moment. They do not have an older sibling to harass, so they take it out on the mothers and aunts, who occasionally are not in the mood! The one advantage they have is that there are three of them, so they are able to make do with each other if the parents are not up to playing. The Thumbela males are also gaining in strength and confidence since the death of the old Matimba male. We are seeing them roaring with quite some energy of late, but they still seem to be sticking with the Ottawa pride most of the time. Interestingly, they have not shown any interest in heading south toward the Mhangene pride yet, but perhaps they are unaware of their presence for now.
Im wonder what happened to that lone mhangeni pride member. She has been acting nomadic for weeks now. And she is not seen flirting with the various coalitions or cubs or anything.
Other news though. I saw this pop up on my feed on facebook. Quote:"Hi Adam! The Othawa Breakaway pride was located yesterday morning feeding on the remains of a blue wildebeest carcass, south east of the reserve. This morning they were located feeding on a large zebra carcass. All four members of this nomadic pride were seen on site. The Mhangene pride was viewed heading in their direction during the later part of the morning. A single lioness from the Mhangene pride approached the nomadic lions and cornered the young lioness. After a brief interaction, the Mhangene lioness returned to the rest of the pride. The young lioness in the Othawa pride has a notable injury on her paw. This injury was noticed yesterday morning."Allegedly someone contacted a Singita ranger or something. It seems there was a fight and Gingerella got hurt.
Has anybody even seen her? I feel like we've had no reports of lone adult lionesses from the area, Singita is pretty big so she could be laying low anywhere, but it would be really unfortunate if her and her cubs have all passed on
Interesting update, time for the young girl to go home!
I think cubs are pretty hard to hide for that long.
There are scattered reports of a lioness interacting with the Avoca's and such. But they have been debunked as members of other prides.
Perhaps its the lone denning lioness in todays Londolozi blog?
https://blog.londolozi.com/2021/07/08/a-...on-safari/ 
Is it one of the 3 original Mangheni females that is missing? Damn... i was hoping there was a surviving male cub sired by the Othawa male. But it seems like the other 3 or 4 cubs are dead.
(07-08-2021, 08:41 PM)Mistry109 Wrote: Is it one of the 3 original Mangheni females that is missing? Damn... i was hoping there was a surviving male cub sired by the Othawa male. But it seems like the other 3 or 4 cubs are dead. The Mhangenis were down 1 member so I thought one of the older ones took her 3 cubs and went elsewhere after the interactions with NK and Styx, but it seems her cubs are dead and she's been with the pride the whole time. It' was one of the younger lionesses who has ventured off to give birth.
Thanks @Tonpa
Hope more Othawa male cubs survive. Having 3 surviving female cubs is good for the pride's future but i hope more are out there alive. 
Plains Camp Male in Savannah?
https://www.instagram.com/p/CRBYY-ANPYF/?utm_medium=copy_link I’m not sure why singita wrote them off so quickly but I feel like they are very much in play for the Mhangene pride. |
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