The Mighty Mapogos

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Thursday, September 1, 2011

Mapogo and Ximungwe Pride
Posted by Greg Coates 

The Mapogo returned from the east early in the week where they had finished off a buffalo carcass. They wasted no time in meeting up with four of the Ximungwe lionesses and cubs and on closer inspection it was revealed that a fourth lioness from the pride has given birth. She was lactating heavily and later on in the week three very small cubs were sighted on top of a rocky outcrop. One of the 3 month old cubs has however disappeared so the total number of cubs in the pride is now 8. Makhulu singled out the remaining lioness that does not have cubs and has stayed close to her throughout the week while the rest of the pride, except the oldest female and oldest cubs, has continued to move as a unit. On one morning they were able to kill a young Kudu but Skoro was close by and stole most of it. The 3 month old cub was very bold though and battled his older sibling for the spoils and even challenged Skoro a few times who unceremoniously swatted him away with a huge paw!

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