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Report about a Epic Battle (4 Mapogos vs Rhino)
Credits Exeter River Lodge,Year 2007
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The coalition of male lions at exeter has finally killed again, this after numerous failures earlier in the week. Amazingly, four of the six males killed a sub-adult White Rhino last night. This is not their first attempt at rhino, although previous attempts had been unsuccessful. This extends their impressive list of prey animals that includes buffalo,giraffe,hippo and other lions. The carcass was full of scratches around the rump area and had been opened up from the stomach. It didn't seem as though they had suffocated the animal so we assume that it was overpowered and then disemboweled. The rhino also had a broken front leg (Whether this occurred during the struggle or not is still debatable). We look forward to the interaction over the next few days, particularly when the two other males find the carcass.
Report about One More Interaction between Mapogos and a Adult Female Rhino and her Calf. This Time Rhino was lucky Mapogos weren't Hungry.
Credits Exeter River Lodge,Year 2007
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After hearing Lions roaring most of the night we went looking for them as soon as we had finished with our morning coffee, we found 4 male Lions close to River lodge on the northern side of the river, as we approached the lions they stood up and walked into the bush, we drove in after them and only then did we see that they had surrounded a Adult female White Rhino and her calf of approximately 3 to 4 years of age, these same lions had killed a White Rhino about a week earlier, the Lions carefully watched the Rhino and one of the males got to within 3 meters of the Rhinos but the Rhinos didn’t move away and neither did the Lion advance any closer, the Lions and Rhino stood watching each other for about 5 minutes after which 3 of the Lions lay down but were still monitoring all the Rhinos movements, after another few minutes one of the Lions lost interest and walked away roaring, the remaining 3 Lions also started roaring but the Rhinos seemed unimpressed and stood still watching the Lions, eventually the remaining Lions stood up and left the Rhino, they went and lay down about 100 meters further on and went to sleep. The Lions were not very hungry as we could see that they had half full bellies, if they were hungrier possibly they would have tried to catch the Rhino calf, it certainly was a tense and exciting moment for all of us.
Mapogos and Rhino
Credits Exeter River Lodge,Year 2007
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While following the 5 male Lions at Exeter this evening they came across a White Rhino cow and her calf of about 8 to 12 months, the Lions lay down in a half circle around the Rhinos about 15 metres away from them, the Rhino saw them but did not move off, one of the Lions stalked closer and the female Rhino immediately turned on him and walked towards the Lions, the Lions stood up and got out of the Rhinos way, it was clear from the Lions posture that they were interested in the Rhino calf but were not hungry enough to test the mother Rhinos defenses, after a brief standoff the Lions moved off.
