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the Selati coalition
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Which one is "better" is subjective, it merely comes down to each people's opinions.
DRY wildlife photography: Image #3 #challengeonnaturephotography It was only a matter of time before I posted a Lion shot. This is an image of one of the Selati male Lions, with a bit of side lighting. He was taking a break from a mating marathon, with one of the Talamati Lionesses.  *This image is copyright of its original author
Very true, but lets look at it from a coalition perspective, which was more sucessful say?
@Majingilane : About your last (and beautiful) photo you posted in #16:
The night is the killers' coat...  (12-06-2015, 12:38 AM)Spalea Wrote: @Majingilane : About your last (and beautiful) photo you posted in #16: I have to agree about that photo. Simply magnificent. 
is the selati coalition still around and strong?
I red in the other topic about the Majing coalition that they (the selatis) have been wiped out by the Majings, is it true? Selati look very strong back in 2012 when they killed MrT, are those Lions gone, do we speak about their young adults?
You just have to check out the previous posts. The two remaining Selati males are now dominant males again and control the Talamati pride, and have cubs with them. As for offsprings they have, I think the Ximhungwe pride are theirs, three females and one male, I believe.
A video of the Selati males, back in 2012 when they were four, killing and eating a buffalo.
Credits to Rob the Ranger: "The Selati male lions caught a buffalo bull on the soccer pitch, we arrived just in time to see the last life drain out of the huge beast. Later in the afternoon the carcass had been moved to a bit of shade and the very full lions were still feeding."
Cheetah Plains:
We headed far north recently and after some tracking, we located the Selati Male Lions along with 5 Talamati pride females and 8 Cubs. The males were looking after the juveniles while the lionesses attempted to hunt zebra. Image by Craig Hamilton  *This image is copyright of its original author
as far as I know there are only two Selati Males left, let's hope they will be able to protect those beautiful cubs until they get strong adults,
they two remaining Selati males must be around 9-10 years old, right?? does anyone know exactly?
Cheetah Plains:
The two Selati Male lions rest in some shade close to their buffalo kill, and keep a close eye on descending vultures! Image by Craig Hamilton  *This image is copyright of its original author
Christof Schoeman Wildlife Photography:
One of the Selati males and his offspring having a slight dominance issue around a buffalo carcass  The four Talamati females were banned from the meat by the males, yet the fathers allowed the cubs to come enjoy some of the remains! Natural selection?) *This image is copyright of its original author Cheetah Plains: The Talamati pride of lions, including their 8 Cubs and the Selati male lions are resting up in the north. The Cubs are looking in great condition! Images by Andrew Khosa  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author
@Majingilane :
Definitely I think the male lions are able to be good fathers by allowing the cubs to eat some preys with them. As concerns this fact too, the vision we could have about them has come a long way. I remember that, for a long time, we thought the male lions lost interest in the cubs. This was the matter solely of the lionesses. We always contrasted social organisation of the lions pride with the social organisation of the hyenas pride or african wild dogs pride, by focusing the much more sociable canids' and hyenas' aspect. Of course it would be certainly more secure to be bred among the hyenas or african wild dogs cubs (adults of the pride regurgitating the food...), but lion cubs are marked out for becoming some apex predators. It is just my opinion... |
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