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Smudge and Snip Tail Nkuhlu during last week at Kirkman's Kamp
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Snip Tail seems recovered from his beating and is back with his bold behavior. He and his younger brother, Pale Nkuhlu #6, were both with a lioness in Lion Sands, the two Gijimas not far.
The female is into the thickets and its not possible to identify her, but likely Sand River since 3/5 of them still have no cubs. by Michael Nkuna
Crooked Tail Nkuhlu #5 with two lioness at Kruger National Park
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  (02-03-2025, 07:18 PM)Ngonya Wrote:(02-03-2025, 08:38 AM)sunless Wrote: Do you know who the 2 thin Nkhulu Males in the 2nd post on the right side, the other Nkhulu Males are also thin but not that THIN compared to the 2 on the right, really seems like they do have a serious illness also it seems like the some of the Nkhulu Males did get the bad end of the stick in terms of disease affecting them heavily.#3 & #6, the thinner brothers 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?
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(11 hours ago)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. (11 hours ago)FACR2212 Wrote: I'm trying to find out the names of the 6 Nkuhlu...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)  *This image is copyright of its original author 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 (9 hours ago)FACR2212 Wrote: Oh thank you! Didn't know that Dreadlocks and #4 are gone, is it clear what happened to them? Or they just dissapeared?Your welcome. (Dreadlocks Nkuhlu #3 is alive, only has some health complications, with his hindquarters pretty skinny and often losing condition) On the other hand, Dreadlocks DeLaporte (older, unrelated partner) vanished around mid 2024, what happened for sure remains unknown but its likely he succumbed to loss of condition caused by deterioration from 'old age' and the beating by the Southern Avoca, probably TB as well i believe. Nkuhlu #4 very similar, he vanished in late 2024, what happened also remains unknown but very likely succumbed to loss of condition, probably TB. (9 hours ago)Ngonya Wrote:(9 hours ago)FACR2212 Wrote: Oh thank you! Didn't know that Dreadlocks and #4 are gone, is it clear what happened to them? Or they just dissapeared?Your welcome. Exactly I meant dreadlocks DeLaporte. Thanks again. In conclusion, living members of Nkuhlu coalition are: #1 Smudge #2 Snip tail #3 Dreadlocks Nkuhlu #5 Crooked Tail #6 Pale Nkuhlu Nkuhlu #4 and Dreadlocks DeLaporte: deceased in 2024 |
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