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the Selati coalition
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 (09-20-2024, 10:42 PM)Ngonya Wrote: October 2012 What a beautiful lion he was. They were beautiful lions. I am hoping I get to see in this page how the Ximunguwe lioness and the Talamatie lioness had cubs again and were able to raise their cubs.  (09-21-2024, 02:21 AM)Go131810 Wrote: What a beautiful lion he was. They were beautiful lions. I am hoping I get to see in this page how the Ximunguwe lioness and the Talamatie lioness had cubs again and were able to raise their cubs.Indeed beautiful specimens the Selatis were. Ximhungwe had a male cub last year, unfortunately he passed and to make matters worst she didn't mate ever since. Choosing to help raise her partners cubs. I haven't heard of Tiyelele in a while... Alone in the north, i hope she is fine and will show up eventually. Regardless of that, both lionesses should start aging sooner or later. Ximhungwe being born around 2012 and Tiyelele around 2015-16 (09-21-2024, 02:50 AM)Ngonya Wrote:(09-21-2024, 02:21 AM)Go131810 Wrote: What a beautiful lion he was. They were beautiful lions. I am hoping I get to see in this page how the Ximunguwe lioness and the Talamatie lioness had cubs again and were able to raise their cubs.Indeed beautiful specimens the Selatis were. Yes they were. I the Talamatie lioness was with the 4 Kambula male lions last seen. Would have had liked for her to be with the young Kambula sister that is now with the Styxt lioness. I even thought maybe if she was or could be with the young Kambula lioness they may go south and the Talamatie lioness could go with her young cousins and relives with the Gijima male lions, but hopefully she is ok. She is alone would like for her to be with the Nukhuma if she could. She was seen with the Nukhuma lionesses and Mohawk and black damn male lion.
Tintswalo - April 2017
The resilient survivors of the Ximhungwe pride at Tintswalo during early 2017... 2 young females and 1 young male on ´Scratches Plains´ Ximhungwe young male, he had a concerning limp during that time and wasn't seen afterwards. Meanwhile his two sisters came back into Sabi Sands  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author 1/2 Ximhungwe females  *This image is copyright of its original author
October 2012
4 Selati males on a morning patroll...  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author Selati #3  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author Selati #2  *This image is copyright of its original author Selati #2 & #3  *This image is copyright of its original author by Jaime Steffen Lutz
 (11-28-2024, 03:45 AM)Ngonya Wrote: October 2012 Just when I thought you'd found the last photos available on the Internet, of your favorite coalition, you find more. You and @Ahmed Ali should form a team. 
Every time I see a photo of the Selatis I imagine the what if one of them wasn't injured by the buffalo.
My guess is that it's likely the local population would make a quick recover after the Mapogo era. Othawa pride had 8 cubs over 1yo. Ximhungwe pride with 4 females and cubs too. Mangheni under Majingilne. A shame what happened. (11-29-2024, 02:49 AM)Mapokser Wrote: Every time I see a photo of the Selatis I imagine the what if one of them wasn't injured by the buffalo. It is funny (odd type funny), how one small thing, something seemingly inconsequential as a single injured male lion, might instead be hugely significant, having a big impact for decades. Precisely why many are bothered by the insistence of some to intervene when a lion is injured by natural causes, because it may well have enormous consequences down the road. If the injuries are known to be caused by man, then by all means, intervene, I believe we have a moral responsibility to do so in those instances, but not if the cause is from a natural source.
Yeah. After that all Othawa cubs were killed and having only 2/3 fertile females, they never managed to have big successful litters again, then not much longer one of the fertile females was killed by hyenas.
Ximgungwes didn't lose their cubs as easily ao had to avoid Majingis and were decimated by Othawas. The rest is history. If the Selatis had remained in power, however, we'd probably be seeing the West divided by a huge Othawa and Ximhungwe pride, with a huge Mangheni pride in Singita. (11-29-2024, 06:27 AM)YMapokser Wrote: Yeah. After that all Othawa cubs were killed and having only 2/3 fertile females, they never managed to have big successful litters again, then not much longer one of the fertile females was killed by hyenas.Selatis were strong, impressive. Still strange how the Magingilanes went west, but must be when Matimba male lions in Sabi sands were with Styxt, Kambula then is like Birminghams male lions followed Matimba male lions, but yes Ximhungwe, Othowa; I had read Ximhungwe had daughters of older brothers in west.
The 3 remaining Selati males during March 2014
Othawa Auntie and cub with Selati #3 and #4  *This image is copyright of its original author Selati #1 comes in, a huge specimen even thought not full  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author Selati #1 and #3 together during night time, lots of licking from #3 likely cleaning a minor injury sustained after their fights  *This image is copyright of its original author #1  *This image is copyright of its original author #3  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author Selati #3 still licking his front paw in the following day(s), now into a thicket close to the Othawa youngsters  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author
March 2015
The Ximhungwe youngsters: 2 sister and 1 brother alert and chasing hyenas at Savanna. Nowadays only one remains, and that is the female on the right. Lady Ximhungwe. She is heavily pregnant and will hopefully give birth to a big litter of Selati grandsons and granddaughters soon!  *This image is copyright of its original author by Patrik Hunter
(12-06-2024, 02:11 AM)Ngonya Wrote: March 2015 What became of the young male? I recently (recently, being relative, I'd say within the last month or two) saw the images, again, as I had seen them before, of the Selatis after their infamous fight with Mr. T. He gave them each some marks to remember him by, he was certainly one tough male lion, even when fighting four young males. |
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