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Lions of Timbavati

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Anyone knows who these Timbavati males are?




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(04-09-2023, 10:27 PM)Mapokser Wrote: Anyone knows who these Timbavati males are?




The Northern Matimba males
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(04-09-2023, 10:30 PM)Timbavati Wrote: The Northern Matimba males
 
You sure? Faces are not exactly visiable and this was posted in late 2018 (maybe filmed before).
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(04-09-2023, 11:24 PM)Tr1x24 Wrote:
(04-09-2023, 10:30 PM)Timbavati Wrote: The Northern Matimba males
 
You sure? Faces are not exactly visiable and this was posted in late 2018 (maybe filmed before).

The lion left on the spot at 0:02 of who face is clearly visible is definitely White Face Matimba.
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(04-09-2023, 11:24 PM)Tr1x24 Wrote:
(04-09-2023, 10:30 PM)Timbavati Wrote: The Northern Matimba males
 
You sure? Faces are not exactly visiable and this was posted in late 2018 (maybe filmed before).

100% sure of my words, that’s white-faced Matimba on the kill
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Early morning Kruger sightings. What a way to start the day! Just after entering at our favourite gate. His two brothers were resting in the thickets.


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Vuyela pride 
1 male 
3 females 
And all five cubs (growing up so fast ?) 
Another one of the males and the other female spotted mating in SE Klaserie by Africa on Foot and nThambo Tree Camp
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The bigger Mbiri male on a stroll at Orpen Rest Camp
Caption: This male lion in the distance was a great spot by Field Guide Patrick from Orpen Rest Camp on the sunset drive on 14th Feb 2023 - the lion soon stood up and slowly made his way to the road
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(04-11-2023, 07:18 AM)Timbavati Wrote: The bigger Mbiri male on a stroll at Orpen Rest Camp
Caption: This male lion in the distance was a great spot by Field Guide Patrick from Orpen Rest Camp on the sunset drive on 14th Feb 2023 - the lion soon stood up and slowly made his way to the road
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He’s definitely a matimba son lol his mane reminds me of hairy belly but I believe he was sired the the northern matimbas?
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(04-11-2023, 07:36 AM)Ttimemarti Wrote:
(04-11-2023, 07:18 AM)Timbavati Wrote: The bigger Mbiri male on a stroll at Orpen Rest Camp
Caption: This male lion in the distance was a great spot by Field Guide Patrick from Orpen Rest Camp on the sunset drive on 14th Feb 2023 - the lion soon stood up and slowly made his way to the road
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He’s definitely a matimba son lol his mane reminds me of hairy belly but I believe he was sired the the northern matimbas?

Indeed. He was fathered by the Northern Matimba males, he resemblances a lot to Slitnose, his potential father
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Tanda Tula update

As seems to be a common trend of late, the lions of the western Timbavati held center stage. The Giraffe Pride continued to operate on the plains around Plains Camp with pleasing regularity. I returned to drive to hear that Tristan and Glen had found the pride with a fresh zebra kill in the morning, but by the time we headed out in the afternoon, the kill was no more, but the pride was still resting around a nearby waterhole. The next day they spent the day on plains, and after two days just south of our concession, they returned to the plains to end off the week on a high. In the two days that the Giraffe Pride were away (although we did have one single lioness from the pride wandering the plains one evening), the Sark Breakaway and Vuyela males were worthy substitutes. We found the pride one morning by pure chance – we were heading east for a change of scenery when Glen spotted two dogs on the access road some distance away. A glance with my binoculars confirmed that they weren’t hyenas, and were definitely of a canid nature…we started heading there a little quicker to relocate and almost missed a male lion that was in the long grass right next to the road. We had a quick look at the smaller Vuyela male making a rapid entry into Giraffe Pride territory as he followed the scent trail of something. We opted to leave him and head for the wild dogs instead but were soon returning to look for the lion as the wild dogs turned out to be two jackals. We headed onto a small clearing when the sound of fighting lions quickly led to us relocating on the lions in a thicket; the reason for his sniffing around was that there were eight members of the Sark Breakaway Pride hidden in the thicket, as well as three other Vuyela males. The arrival of the fourth male led to some fighting and growling, and he soon decided that it wasn’t worth hanging around and wandered back east. The pride remained around for another day before heading north into the Klaserie. The Mayambula Pride was not active within our concession this week, but the River Pride lionesses were seen on a couple of occasions in the eastern block to round off a great week of lion viewing.


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Ngati pride, by Quiet Eagle and Wild Earth




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One of the Mayambula/Vlak young males seen last month on the H7, Kruger National Park
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(04-14-2023, 03:56 AM)afortich Wrote: Ngati pride, by Quiet Eagle and Wild Earth





Who are the dominant males?
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