The Mighty Mapogos

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(10-27-2016, 09:19 AM)fursan syed Wrote: Mapogos are the reason behind the fame of sabi sand, majingilanes, matimbas, selatis etc. Even in 2008 they were quite famous.

Safaris in the Sabi sand and all over africa have been going on far longer then just 2008 and while they seem to be gaining popularity, its more to do with the addition of technology. We can now fly anywhere far easier, cheaper and with more options. We can contact any part of the world, compare prices and learn about which adventures we prefer all via computer. We now have digital camera that can upload to social media pages that are updated constantly which allows us to learn about individuals over just "species."

The Mapogos or Majingilanes or any Coalition of lions is no more special than any other. They are simply lions, they aren't doing anything that lions haven't been doing for 1000s of years. When traveling with our guide, he took us through the crater, he had been working there previously for 5 years, he didn't even know individual pride members just prides. The sightings of big cats is never guaranteed and they aren't caged in, which means they travel. So there is no guarantee that you will see the same individual again and if you did, it wasn't like you're running into them all the time. Only with the addition of digital cameras are we able to ID these cats now and we are able to share stories and images that help put the pieces together. This just wasn't the case years ago, you went to africa, saw some animals and you left. Guides now a days may have a more intimate knowledge of individual cats but if that is the case, that means that they have been working at one location for a long time and probably haven't been able to go to other countries to compare.

So what I'm saying is this, No individual big cat is the "savior" of the species, some become more famous than others and maybe create a fan fare for that location for a bit but they will soon be gone and another will take their place, they will be forgotten eventually outside of the few who continue their legacy. But now we can pass their legacy through the web which will allow us to remember them, but all that came before them are just as "brutal, savage, smart, fierce etc." Better to just give the species the credit. Reply