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The Birmingham Males
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I'm glad the info served you, I used to have the same preconceptions(prejudices maybe) about male lions. When I put them behind me and started to really learn about them, I was a little pissed off, but anyway that is the past, and now I try to pass the same I learned to others.
Today, the 5th Birmingham male was seen by Wildearth in their Sunrise safari, so there is a good lenght of video to watch of him walking in circles, zigzagging as he appeared to be looking for some other lion/s, possibly the young male of the Nkuhuma pride. He's found in the 49:03 to 1:22:00 minute and then from 1:24:51 where the presenter finds him again to 1:53:00. In that last bit, you will be able to hear him making the soft contact call used to call for his brothers or a female(at least that's what I understand). Then you will watch him walking alongside of the car, it's absolutely amazing.  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author
From Cheetah Plains:
There is a lot of lion activity on Cheetah Plains this morning, all 5 Birmingham male lions along with one Nkuhuma lioness are around three in a row pan! Image by Craig Hamilton.  *This image is copyright of its original author
One of the boys keeping an eye for two of the Nkuhuma girls. Credits to PJD Photography and Guiding
 *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author Some more pics, credits to Karin van der Merwe.  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author
The boys stopping for a drink, credits to Nkorho Rangers.
 *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author I love to see their darkening manes, soon they will be full grown males, a true threatening force to be reckoned with.
Nkorho Bush Lodge:
10th January The Birmingham male and Styx female was found again this morning close to where we left them last night.  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author 11th Jan 2016 Afternoon The five Birmingham males and three Styx female lions were on a buffalo kill near Annetes dam. Later that evening a small herd of elephants pushed them off their kill. 12th Jan Morning The Birmingham and Styx lions took down another buffalo around Annettes dam, it was still very fresh they had just started feeding.  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author E.p. Rangers: Birmingham males resting in the shade during the blistering heat - Dawie Jacobs  *This image is copyright of its original author
what coalition did control the Styx Pride before the BBoys?
how the takeover took place? was there a fight? 
The matimbas I think and no fight the matimbas just moved south to londolizi
Quote:and of course all matiba cubs and sub adults are dead, or they escapedThe three young cubs were killed. I'm not sure about older females, but I kow that the sub adult male is alive and well, so I guess some of his sisters are as well. You can read more about the Birmingham takeover in the first pages of the thread Lions of Sabi Sands
Buffalo hunt yesterday followed by some rivalry between the boys.
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Of course it is only a personnal opinion but I think that the Birmingham male lions are particularly photogenic. Or, perhaps, this is a particular photographer who does particularly well his photographies. Quote:Of course it is only a personnal opinion but I think that the Birmingham male lions are particularly photogenic.I agree completely. Chene Wales-Baillie AdventureWild: This morning we woke up to one of the Birmingham males on our open area near the pan. As we headed out on game drive he began walking to the west of the pan, in search of one of his brothers.
Still shots of one of the Birmingham males with 3 of
the Nkuhuma lionesses.  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author
the scar across his right eye looks to be be quite recent, who did he have a fight with?
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