Nkuhlu males

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(Yesterday, 03:23 AM)Redroadmale Wrote: Hello, did the sand river lioness have cubs from the nkhulus?

Yes. One lioness gave birth during late January and other was heavily pregnant, likely already gave birth too. How many? that wasn't shared just yet.

(Yesterday, 03:36 AM)FACR2212 Wrote: I'm trying to find out the names of the 6 Nkuhlu...

#1 Smudge
#2 Snip tail
#3 ?
#4 ?
#5 Crooked Tail
#6 Pale Nkuhlu 

Do #3 and #4 have names?

The coalition in general doesn't necessarily have names, just like most of Sabi Sands / Kruger, its not official. The closest was a photographer calling Nkuhlu #2 as 'Snip Tail' in one of his Instagram stories. 

I personally use those nicknames mostly to sometimes point out more specific characteristics on each male apart from the numbers. Which is no different from most individual male lions in KNP, being nicknamed by their mane color or style, eyes, tail, size, etc. 

Well about #3, he had a dreadlock on his mane during early 2024, so i called him 'Dreadlocks' a few times, which is no good since it could bring confusions with the late Dreadlock DeLaporte, their unrelated partner (gone), who also had a dread on his mane for a short period of time but that was more than enough to be called 'Dreadlock' for the rest of his life (same with Mapogo Dreadlocks).
Nkuhlu #3 with a dreadlock. Photo by Pieter Brits (April 2024)

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Nkuhlu #4 had nothing much characteristic except for the fact he wasn't any of the others and is dead, also imo he was surely the most beautiful, but that was it. Being dead at a young age makes it difficult to develop a more characteristic feature Reply