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(01-07-2023, 10:08 AM)Gavskrr Wrote: The dominant Machaton on Balule, these guys have a huge history, a lot of respect
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(01-07-2023, 10:08 AM)Gavskrr Wrote: The dominant Machaton on Balule, these guys have a huge history, a lot of respect
credits: C.P. Photography on facebook
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All 3 alive?
lately only 2 have been seen, the third male is alone and I haven't seen any news about him since October when he was in very bad shape
The lions that have been such a feature of late were suffering the greatest headache and took it very easy this week, making it slightly challenging for us to enjoy their presence. As mentioned, the first drive of the year saw Glen spotting four members of the Mayambula Pride about 30m off the road in some long grass – as it was an area that had been well wetted by the previous rains, we just viewed them from the road until they fell asleep and disappeared from view. Whilst following up on them in the afternoon, Steven from Nkhari Homestead found a single female cheetah resting in the open area where the lions had been in the morning. This hurt me slightly as, based on a report of tracks for the two male cheetahs in the same area, we had spent a good part of the morning driving around looking for cheetahs on the plains in the east. Needless to say, the lions soon picked up on the cheetah and chased her across the open sodic site, but she got away and settled on the other side of the riverbed. The next morning two Vuyela male lions were located in the southwest (quite deep into the Timbavati) with a young giraffe kill that kept them around for a couple of days. The five young members of the River Pride spent the middle of the week in the central regions before returning to the north. It appears as though the two remaining adult lionesses from the pride have hooked up with the Vuyela males and from their behavior, it appears as though one has already given birth to cubs to the north of our concession. Both lionesses keep returning to the same area, so it might be the start of a new chapter for the pride. The three young males and two young lionesses will have a challenging time over the next few months as they find their feet in the area without their mothers. It would be wonderful if the two young females could rejoin their mothers once they are a little older; but with the older of the two just under three years old, they are too young for the new males to be interested in them.
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When the rain fell later in the week, it was the Sark Breakaways, and two of the Vuyela males popped up to save the day. Some interesting news is that the single Sark lioness that had been wandering around on her own for the better part of a year has now reunited with the pride, and will hopefully stay as a permanent member. With three lionesses still needing to have cubs, this pride also has the potential to grow into quite a force in the western Timbavati and Klaserie areas. The Giraffe Pride decided that they had given us enough attention over Christmas and were not seen in the area at all this week.
These males are just as huge as the Skorro boys, or even slightly larger? It’s looking like a matter of time before Mayanbulas are taken over. For now, its a dead heat if its btw only these 2 vs 2 Skorros. Hope never happens .
Cathan conforms the 6 Birmingham Breakaways indeed have reunited
”And just like that - the band is back together again! After being separated for almost 3 months, the 6 Birmingham breakaway males have made their way back to one another and man, it’s such an impressive sight!”
The sixth man who was separated from the group is the one who follows the river pride, right? perhaps with the appearance of the vuyela males he realized that it wasn't so safe to continue going it alone and decided to return to his brothers, a wise move I hope they stay that way.
(01-12-2023, 12:10 AM)Gavskrr Wrote: The sixth man who was separated from the group is the one who follows the river pride, right? perhaps with the appearance of the vuyela males he realized that it wasn't so safe to continue going it alone and decided to return to his brothers, a wise move I hope they stay that way.
01-12-2023, 05:32 AM( This post was last modified: 01-12-2023, 05:32 PM by Horizon )
(01-11-2023, 11:50 PM)criollo2mil Wrote: Cathan conforms the 6 Birmingham Breakaways indeed have reunited
”And just like that - the band is back together again! After being separated for almost 3 months, the 6 Birmingham breakaway males have made their way back to one another and man, it’s such an impressive sight!”
Wow! That’s a big update.
These boys before and Vuyelas now made their presence clear in that area. It feels like Skorros are aware of their presence but decided to not act against it. They are leaving it to Mayambulas to steer clear of both coalitions. I am unsure how big Vuyelas’ present territory is but they are looking a lot more dangerous and could push out both coalitions if they are set on it.
01-12-2023, 05:57 AM( This post was last modified: 01-12-2023, 05:58 AM by Horizon )
Just want to add without discrediting. Initially when the 6 Birmingham Breakaways appeared, Skorros were actually pushing them out and cleaning up their territory but later they stopped doing that.
