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Senegal Bush 3:3 Male

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Jess Shillaw

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Jess was born in Kwazulu/Natal but grew up in Cape Town. Having an innate love for all things wild but getting to spend little time in the bush while growing up, she headed straight for the Lowveld after school. She completed a guiding ...

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Master Tracker

Great article, how old is he?

Those are speak volumes of fights with other leopards

Senior Digital Ranger

Ian, he was born in November of 2012 to Karula and his father is Mvula Panthera DNA. His sibling is the the Quarantine Male who was in Nkorho for a long while. He was given the name of Kunyuma (means shy) as a cub and Londolozi gave him is adult name.

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many thanks

Ian

Jess, Thanks for the update on the Maxim Male! He seems to be a great fighter and obviously great at staying hidden when necessary!

The Senegal Bush male is so magnificent. I was lucky enough to see him this week when I was there. Such a distinctive face. He was mating at the time and then next day with a Warthog kill up a tree. Amazing !

The leopards of Londolozi continue their life sagas. Thanks for sharing Jess.

Jess, I thoroughly enjoyed this article, especially your backlit photos. The one of the Senegal Bush male’s canine’s, illuminated by the sun, caught my eye. It appears, looking at his close-up shots, that he has aged significantly since I last saw him. Perhaps defending his territory from the likes of the Maxim or another senior male, is having an effect on his physical being, such as the fresh wounds you witnessed. It’s got to be exhausting for a male with a significant territory to hunt, eat, mate, all the while watching his back. As you said, we’ll never know what happened to him, his backstory, but that’s part of the allure of predators, or anything wild.

We once spent an entire afternoon tracking the Senegal Bush Male. He kept walking around us in circles. We stopped for our sundowner in a dry riverbed. When we were about to toast, the SBM was walking down the riverbed directly toward us.

Jess this is good news to hear that they are mating and new cubs will soon be born. Well the Senegal bush male and the Maxim’s male must of had a fight. Such a pity that they hurt each other so much. Thanks Jess for your story on the Senegal bush male, he is my favorite leopard.

Perhaps both… a tough month and life of a leopard. He’s bearing the marks of this life this makes him even more regal and majestic!

The Maxim’s male seems to be huge in comparison to the Senegal Male. Good that the latter one has recovered from his fights with some male and is able to mate again. Would the Nkuwa female also mate with the Maxim’s male?
Very interesting the interactions of the different leopards at Londolozi

A nice blog and great pics Jess. Thank you for sharing.

Thank heavens the leopard was found alive!
Glad all seems well! Victoria

Glad that he is OK and back in view! We all hope that he continues his dominance and presence, and hopefully lots more cubbies too!

So many fascinating dramas in the wild. I love leopards because you must piece together tracks, injuries, other leopard activity to try and get a picture of what has been happening in their lives. And even then, you’re never really sure.

Senior Digital Ranger

Very happy to hear Senegal Bush is back home with only a few minor injuries. He is one of my favorite leopards and part of the Karula lineage.

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