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Lions of Sabi Sands
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There where 7 Talamatis with DM, of which 1 old female, 1 subadult male and 5 subadult females :
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 (10-02-2021, 12:36 AM)Mistry109 Wrote:(10-01-2021, 11:01 PM)Tr1x24 Wrote: Finally some word from Fourways, they had around 6 cubs/subadults around 1 year ago, so looks like majority of them are still alive (1 was older subadult male, so possible that he left them). Glad have you here my friend. Haven't heard much about the Fourways pride to be honest, so, any information about them will also help to myself. (10-02-2021, 12:36 AM)Mistry109 Wrote: Do you know the current make-up of the Fourways Pride? Like, Yea, theres 1 very old female, idk if she is still alive, but she would be around 14-15 yrs old, then as you said Majingilane daughter around 11 yrs old, and Matshapiri almost 6 yrs old. Althrough on 1 MalaMala video, ranger said 4 adult females, so might be that 2 Matshapiri daughters are alive. And for cubs/subs, this is their photo from May 2020, prob born around mid 2019 :  *This image is copyright of its original author So those 5 subs in MalaMala are these ones (2 older ones are males) they should be around 2.5 yrs old now.
Theres definitely 2 Matshapiris daughters still in Fourways pride, and not only 1 as previously taught, SS from MalaMala video :
 *This image is copyright of its original author And this is Majingilane daughter, sister of DM Fourways :  *This image is copyright of its original author Her photo (left) with Dark Mane and her sister who didn't make it, almost 10 yrs ago :  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author Now, im not sure if old lioness is alive or not..
Mhangeni female Tinya :
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Young Tsalala female in Singita this morning, chasing Hosana and Nkuwa up trees
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Kambula female  *This image is copyright of its original author and her 4 cubs, posted by Mala Mala
Singita, Sabi Sand
Day 1 - Afternoon Safari Highlights With reports of a mating pair of Leopards on the property, as well as 2 Lionesses in the same area, we decided to head over and see if we could locate on any of the 2 big cat species. Once we got into the area, our guide spotted the 2 Lionesses (Tsalala Pride) lying in the Sand River. They both had full bellies and were enjoying the cool weather while sleeping on the sand in the river. Not long after we located on them, a call came in on the radio that a mating pair of Lions (Tumbela male and Mhangene Lioness) were found a distance away. As we got into the sighting, they started to mate, but unfortunately it was in a very dense area. They continued to walk through some extremely dense stands on bushwillow trees until we couldn't follow them any further. The sounds of the Lions and the sound of thunder at the same time definitely made up for the lack of visuals of the cats mating. The male even roared at one stage straight after mating. Photo credits: Pravir Patel  *This image is copyright of its original author
(10-02-2021, 12:54 AM)Timbavati Wrote: Glad have you here my friend. Haven't heard much about the Fourways pride to be honest, so, any information about them will also help to myself.Thanks man! Good to see you here too. Your posts are very impressive to say the least. Keep up the fantastic work! I remember back in early to mid 2010 when the Majingilane took over 4ways pride. i have in my old notes a random quote from a ranger from 2010, before KT died: "The 5 young males stole a kill from the KNP Pride females". I'm guessing they were talking about 4ways pride. (10-03-2021, 01:07 AM)Mistry109 Wrote: Thank you very much! Much appreciated. All those subadults are prob sired by Kruger males, Torchwood was not dominant over the Fourways, he was only hanging with them and then left with 2 young boys when they got pressured by Kruger males (possibly even 5th Mantimahle was seen with them before Kruger males in early 2019) . (10-03-2021, 01:09 AM)Timbavati Wrote: Not long after we located on them, a call came in on the radio that a mating pair of Lions (Tumbela male and Mhangene Lioness) were found a distance away. As we got into the sighting, they started to mate, but unfortunately it was in a very dense area. They continued to walk through some extremely dense stands on bushwillow trees until we couldn't follow them any further. The sounds of the Lions and the sound of thunder at the same time definitely made up for the lack of visuals of the cats mating. The male even roared at one stage straight after mating. So Skorro Jr mating with Mhangeni female, interesting. |
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