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Nick has always loved the outdoors and never turns down an opportunity for an adventure. After finishing high school in Johannesburg, where he grew up, Nick spent a gap year in the Zimbabwean bushveld which truly sparked his love for wildlife and conservation ...

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on Did You Know: 5 Truths About Lions

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Hi Nick, I remember well the beginning of the Mapogo as cubs and the rejoining of an older lion, born one year before, they formed the famous Mapogo coalition. The older lion was a deep dark maned male, very large and was accepted back into the pride as he was a prime buffalo hunter. So he had already tested the hard life of a young male lion forced to fend on his own. In the end, Makulu was the only lion to survive the coalition, along with a younger and less dominant brother Pretty Boy (a behaviourist would see the typical hawk-and-dove balance)). Great blog and pictures! Has James Souchon left Londolozi? I remember him and Sean I think helping the honey badger. The most fantastic act of humanity… the Ndzenga male looks contemplating

The females are formidable hunters and it is interesting that the females synchronize their cycles to have cubs round about the same time. Also the darker mated males are more dominant and the females prefer them to sire their cubs.

Nice post, Nick. thanks for the insight.
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Very cool post Nick! I especially found it fascinating that the female lions within a pride synchronize their fertility cycles in order to foster and allow protection, feeding, and sheer numbers, all leading to increased odds of success. Brilliant!

Nick, thank you for the education. I did not know about the folds in a male lions vocal cord area. Very interesting animals.

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I had no idea about the darker maned lions being more dominant Nick. Fascinating!

Thanks Nick for this terrific information related to the myths that are often associated with lions. I was especially fascinated by #5, on what contributes to how lions roar.

Very interesting article, Nick.
Londolozi with its many male coalitions is the ideal place to watch interactions between males and prides

Thank you Nick.I can certainly see the logic in the females having their cubs at similar times, but this doesn’t seem to have happened with the Kambula pride? When I saw the 3 young cubs last November, their siblings seemed to be a good few months older, and I don’t think they’ve had any morre recently?

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A nice re-read of this informative piece.

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