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Lions of Sabi Sands
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How many coalitions or young/nomadic males are there in sabisand now.
Mangheni males (3) + Talamati male (1) - Total 4.. Mangheni males are sons of majingilanes and Talamati male son of Matimbas Sparta males (2) - Sons of majingilanes Tsalala (3) - Sons of Northern Matimbas junior + Unknown male - Total 2.. Junior is son of Matimbas Are there any other young males in sabi sands.. can someone tell me what are the ages of these nomads...
One of the cubs suckling
Credits: Sabi Sabi Private Game Reserve  *This image is copyright of its original author
Photo and information credits: Tristan and Grayson Dicks Wildlife Photography
"The biggest of the 3 Tsalala males after bringing down a buffalo."  *This image is copyright of its original author
 (11-15-2016, 09:44 PM)vinodkumarn Wrote: How many coalitions or young/nomadic males are there in sabisand now. Pretty much there. But the 3 Tsalala males are sons of the Majingilane, not the Matimbas. The other day I posted a pic of two young Avoca males, sons of the Northern Matimbas, they were to the north of the Sabi sands. Another set of young males is the 2 Talamati males, but I don't know where they are now.
Birmingham males lineage.
Photo ind information credits: Sheila's Africa On a scale of 1-10, how cute is this? Nkuhuma pride were hanging out at Vuyatela dam  *This image is copyright of its original author
The Sparta males? Or the Mhangeni/Talamati males?
From Kirkman's Kamp: "Unknown male lions on Kirkman's Kamp. In the last three days we have had two male lions roaming the reserve. They have managed to find a hippo carcass near the Sycamore Fig where we have been viewing them since last night."  *This image is copyright of its original author
Tsalala young male, credits to PJD Photography - Nkorho Rangers.
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The morning of 21st November started with our goal in mind of tracking down the Southern Pride. We tracked them for around 30 minutes when another ranger called in saying he had located the pride at a close by watering hole. When we arrived in the sighting there were 4 large females and 4 older cubs which had just finished quenching their thirst at the watering hole.
The females then started sniffing the air and started heading into the wind, following the scent. They ended up in a large open area with a blanket of new green grass from the recent rains.
My tracker, Mike Ndlovu, then said he could see a herd of buffalo on the horizon. The Southern Pride was showing huge interest in these buffalo. The lionesses headed straight towards the herd with not much cover, being in the open area! The four large females took some cover about a 100m away from the herd, who were now sleeping.
We watched the lionesses, not moving a muscle and as still as can be, just waiting patiently in the few small shrubs for just over an hour. The buffalo herd was now starting to move and headed straight towards where all the lionesses were taking cover. At this stage, there was one lioness, not even a meter away from a female buffalo… In a split-second, she burst out from cover and launched herself at the female buffalo, scattering the herd and creating huge confusion amongst the buffalos! At that moment, the one Southern Pride lioness managed to grab onto the female buffalo and the battle began… The buffalo had great momentum and threw the lioness to the ground! The lioness did not let go, but instead, took advantage of her position and went straight for the neck of the buffalo.
 *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author As the struggle continued between the lioness and the buffalo, with the lioness hanging on with all the power in her body, she was joined by another lioness who joined in to help pull the buffalo down to the ground.
 *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author Within less than a minute of the buffalo being pulled down, the cubs came running in to reap the rewards!
BLOG BY KYLE STRAUTMANN (SELATI CAMP RANGER)
Credits to Hugo Breed.
Othawa lioness ready to chase some vultures off of a buffalo carcass.  *This image is copyright of its original author
Credits to Sabi Sabi.
We found this big male lion inside the Charleston males’ territory last night and it seems like he’s is a lone male that’s been seen in the Kruger National Park a lot.  *This image is copyright of its original author I think it's the same male that has been seen by Mala Mala the last weeks.  This young lion was extremely fortunate to survive this brutal onslaught by three huge males . A valuable lesson though not to invade the space of territorial males
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