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Imbali males + Wonky this morning



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Monday, 9 October 2023
  • The Imbali male lion mobile north from Vrystaat Clearing.
Tuesday, 10 October 2023
  • Unidentified pride of five lions trailing a breeding herd of approximately three hundred Cape buffalo at Simbambili Dam.
Wednesday, 11 October 2023
  • Two Black Dam male lions sleeping at Boerbean Open.
  • The Imbali male lion feeding on a Cape buffalo cow kill at Vrystaat Clearing.
  • Three young male lions and one Talamati lioness feeding of a Cape Buffalo kill at Rubbing Post Dam.
Thursday, 12 October 2023
  • The two Black Dam male lions sleeping at Arathusa Safari Airstrip.
  • The Imbali male lion and three young males feeding on a Cape buffalo kill at Vrystaat Clearing.
Friday, 13 October 2023
  • The two Ndzhenga male lions and three lionesses stationary on the dam wall at Big Dam. (Eh?)
Saturday, 14 October 2023
  • The Talamati Breakaway pride of lions consisting of two lionesses, five sub-adults and the Imbali male mobile north from Southern Fork.
https://www.elephantplains.co.za/big-5-b...ober-2023/
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(10-17-2023, 04:06 PM)Tonpa Wrote: Monday, 9 October 2023
  • The Imbali male lion mobile north from Vrystaat Clearing.
Tuesday, 10 October 2023
  • Unidentified pride of five lions trailing a breeding herd of approximately three hundred Cape buffalo at Simbambili Dam.
Wednesday, 11 October 2023
  • Two Black Dam male lions sleeping at Boerbean Open.
  • The Imbali male lion feeding on a Cape buffalo cow kill at Vrystaat Clearing.
  • Three young male lions and one Talamati lioness feeding of a Cape Buffalo kill at Rubbing Post Dam.
Thursday, 12 October 2023
  • The two Black Dam male lions sleeping at Arathusa Safari Airstrip.
  • The Imbali male lion and three young males feeding on a Cape buffalo kill at Vrystaat Clearing.
Friday, 13 October 2023
  • The two Ndzhenga male lions and three lionesses stationary on the dam wall at Big Dam. (Eh?)
Saturday, 14 October 2023
  • The Talamati Breakaway pride of lions consisting of two lionesses, five sub-adults and the Imbali male mobile north from Southern Fork.
https://www.elephantplains.co.za/big-5-b...ober-2023/

Where in the North is Big Dam located?
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(10-17-2023, 04:54 PM)KM600 Wrote:
(10-17-2023, 04:06 PM)Tonpa Wrote: Monday, 9 October 2023
  • The Imbali male lion mobile north from Vrystaat Clearing.
Tuesday, 10 October 2023
  • Unidentified pride of five lions trailing a breeding herd of approximately three hundred Cape buffalo at Simbambili Dam.
Wednesday, 11 October 2023
  • Two Black Dam male lions sleeping at Boerbean Open.
  • The Imbali male lion feeding on a Cape buffalo cow kill at Vrystaat Clearing.
  • Three young male lions and one Talamati lioness feeding of a Cape Buffalo kill at Rubbing Post Dam.
Thursday, 12 October 2023
  • The two Black Dam male lions sleeping at Arathusa Safari Airstrip.
  • The Imbali male lion and three young males feeding on a Cape buffalo kill at Vrystaat Clearing.
Friday, 13 October 2023
  • The two Ndzhenga male lions and three lionesses stationary on the dam wall at Big Dam. (Eh?)
Saturday, 14 October 2023
  • The Talamati Breakaway pride of lions consisting of two lionesses, five sub-adults and the Imbali male mobile north from Southern Fork.
https://www.elephantplains.co.za/big-5-b...ober-2023/

Where in the North is Big Dam located?

500 meters north of the Londolozi border


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Imbali males in the north:



So happy that Wonky finally found partners, on top of that they are prob from the same pride, as Wonkey prob comes from Imbalis aswell.

Will be interesting to see dynamics with them in the area, Wonkey might look underdevelop a bit, but he is around 5, other 2 are around 4.

"The Imbali male lion and three young males feeding on a Cape buffalo kill at Vrystaat Clearing."

Is this recent report reffering to them with S8?
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Imbali Male, the smaller one by Deon Kelbrick


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His left eye doesn't reflect light interestingly


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Young Torchwood smudgenose lioness by deon Kelbrick


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(10-19-2023, 01:16 AM)Tonpa Wrote: Imbali Male, the smaller one by Deon Kelbrick


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His left eye doesn't reflect light interestingly


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Wonky eye V2? Lol
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What I think was the Torchwoods on Nkorho last night, they were seen on October 2nd as well. No sign of the Kruger male, and it seems the male with the badly healed broken leg was left behind in the Mluwati concession. Five members present, 4 females 1 male.


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Both Ndzengas/N'waswitshakas, Kambula lionesses and cubs. Think the first lioness with the three cubs might be one of the original lionesses that is kind of forming a breakaway (K2 or K3)? Or is she the original lioness that's part of the core pride (K5)?




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( This post was last modified: 10-20-2023, 01:11 AM by Tonpa )

(10-19-2023, 10:00 AM)Tonpa Wrote: What I think was the Torchwoods on Nkorho last night, they were seen on October 2nd as well. No sign of the Kruger male, and it seems the male with the badly healed broken leg was left behind in the Mluwati concession. Five members present, 4 females 1

Some good news on this front, Torchwoods were at the Pan again tonight and both males were present. It's possible Mr Broken leg was with them last night and the cam just didn't capture him. I'm guessing this is now the composition of the Core Torchwood Pride. 4 females 2 males.


This boy also looks pretty developed, the last remaining cub from the 2020 litters?


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Should there be an avoca coalition male lineage thread? plains camp boy 2 talamati boys 4 nkuhuma males and the 2 or 3 sand river boys
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(10-20-2023, 11:17 PM)Ttimemarti Wrote: Should there be an avoca coalition male lineage thread? plains camp boy 2 talamati boys 4 nkuhuma males and the 2 or 3 sand river boys

Dont think so, we can still post Talamatis and Nkuhumas in their pride threads, aswell as Avoca thread as Mohawk is still with them.

I think we have enough threads atm.
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Personally I never saw the point of those anyway. 

I mean, why is it the Avoca lineage and not the lineage of whoever fathered the Avocas? And if some of those sons become a coalition of note, will they have their own lineage thread or will they all be lumped in the Avoca one? 

I think it makes more sense to just name them X pride male offspring or X coalition male offspring. Until they become noteworthy enough to warant their own thread. With perhaps a family tree thread for those that want to keep up with how the prides genetically intermingle with eachother over the years. Having a clear organisation of where information can be found is probably more important than keeping the amount of threads below X. 

Still, such a thread may be usefull now for the Avocas as several of their sons have completely broken ties with their native prive.
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