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Lions of Sabi Sands

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(09-21-2021, 12:51 PM)lionuk Wrote: After some roaring throughout the evening Dark Mane reunites with the Talamatis. This is great to see. There is a real affection between him and the Pride.

Looks to be the same gruop that was with him when they where chased by Imbali male, 9 lions + DM, of which there are 2 males. 

So it looks like theres another Talamati gruop with 3rd young male and few females (depends how many are there with Imbali). 

It looks like the Dark Maned male is split currently,but he was seen on WildEarth with them 9 days ago :


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Blonded/biggest male is here, aswell as youngest, who had little to no mane recently, and was often mistaken for female in the past, this guy recently :


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Young males really like DM, great to see, he looks to be a gentle giant, so i wouldn't be too suprised if he hangs with them when they left the pride, especially if adult females chose Imbali male in future.
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It looks like theres indeed only 3 out of 5 older cubs remaining in Sand River pride, with subadult female on this photo, photo taken almost month ago :

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(09-22-2021, 06:24 PM)Tr1x24 Wrote: It looks like theres indeed only 3 out of 5 older cubs remaining in Sand River pride, with subadult female on this photo, photo taken almost month ago :

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When was the sub-adult born and is she sired by the southern avocas?
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(09-22-2021, 06:35 PM)Mangw Wrote: When was the sub-adult born and is she sired by the southern avocas?

Around late 2019, yes, S. Avocas are the fathers, there where 2 cubs in the litter if i remember correctly, 1 disappeared early on.
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Sad news from the Tumbela coalition thread: Scar has been confirmed dead. He will be remembered. Tumbelas are now down to 2 members
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Two of Nkuhuma male subadults having a sunset drink at Djuma.


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Both of these males look like brothers. 
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( This post was last modified: 09-23-2021, 07:42 PM by lionuk )

Any news on Othawa Junior and one of male subadults since they were last seen around Phabeni gate one month's ago?
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(09-23-2021, 04:17 PM)lionuk Wrote: Any news on Othawa Junior and one of male subadults since they were last seen around Phabeni gate one month's ago?

As far as I know, no.
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Plains Camp males taking down buffalo calf at Londolozi :

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Imbali male today in company of 3 Talamati females mating at Djuma, DM was with "subadults" gruop yesterday, i think at Chitwa:

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He looks a really tall impressive lion. Do you think dm will have to challenge him eventually?
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(09-24-2021, 01:49 AM)Hairy tummy Wrote: He looks a really tall impressive lion. Do you think dm will have to challenge him eventually?

Dont know, i think he will not due to his paw injury, otherwise i think he would already respond, as he already lost quite a bit of ground and 3 females by the looks of it. 

DM raised 1 generation of cubs with Talamatis, so in a way his job is finish here in that regard if he doesnt want to fight for another shot. 

Question is what he will do next if he forfeit's Djuma and Talamatis, yes, he can hang out with Talamati youngsters around Arathusa and Chitwa for some time, but whats next? Will he maybe follow his 3 sons in nomadic journey, or maybe try to join his 2 brothers and Nkuhumas? Its hard to predict.

Imbali male pushing him south might be good thing, as he is getting closer to his brothers, but yea, would they accept him is a real question.
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Othawa sub-adults seen a week ago in Dulini
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Recent sightings of some members of the Nkuhuma pride, youngsters and lionesses, fighting for a kudu kill at Northern Sabi Sands, posted September 23.




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Talamati subadult male. He looks so handsome! 
Photo taken on 11 Sept, 2021


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