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12-30-2022, 07:13 AM( This post was last modified: 12-30-2022, 07:14 AM by Mdz123 )
(12-29-2022, 11:36 AM)DARK MANE Wrote: Guernsey male with young Avoca male feeding on buffalo carcass a few days ago.
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He is finally seen with another male after Monwana male died. Hopefully he can potentially form a coalition with the Avoca young male, or the lone Skorro young male, although these 2 being seen at the same kills doesnt mean they will be seen together again
That's the most effort I have ever seen a lion make to quickly locate a partner, you can almost see the anxiety in his constant movement. No wonder they are such a successful duo, Zigzag is quite the specimen and definitely caught my eye even more so than before.
Over the month, the lion sightings were incredibly good; the Giraffe Pride spent half the month within the area, but when they were absent, we could still count on the Sark Pride, the Vuyela males (who have been seen mating with the River Pride lionesses), the Birmingham Breakaway males (either a single male or the four – one other even began following the River Pride), the River Pride (splitting up more and more as the lionesses begin associating with other males) and the Mayambula Pride. The Mayambula’s seem to have had some bad luck since they were last around and it appears as though they have lost six youngsters; four of the small cubs and two of the older ones. During my week back the most I saw was 15 individuals, so I am not sure where the rest are, but we can only hope that whatever set of males is putting pressure on them, the Skorro males can keep them at bay. It does appear as though the Skorro males have been in the wars, but only time will tell if they were successful in chasing off the challengers. There was a report the white Birmingham male lion and two tawny siblings chased the Mayambula Pride off a kill just to the south of our concession just before Christmas.
