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(10-06-2020, 07:07 AM)TinoArmando Wrote: Makhulu of the Mapogo coalition at Sabi Sands June 2005. on one early morning safari drive, we ran across this lion chasing another male lion out of his territory. We followed him in the Land Rover as he ran for well over an hour. Image by: Nikki
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Big Mak was massive when he was younger. Even towards the end with Pretty Boy he was in really good condition for his age and still had good muscle mass for an old lion.
He was indeed, the largest of the Mapogos, and they were all larger than average. Mak is my personal all-time fav lion, if only for the fact that it was he who got me so interested in lions in general. However, there are numerous other reasons as well, such as his warrior spirit, his patience with the cubs, all he was put through by the Spartan Pride and how he dealt with it by feeding the entire pride with buffalo (which made him the great leader that he became), the list goes on and on.