Lion Warfare: Majingilane vs Selati Males
This is just a short follow-up to last week’s Monday post. It sounds like the Majingilane have had another run-in with the Selati males, or at least one of them, …
This is just a short follow-up to last week’s Monday post. It sounds like the Majingilane have had another run-in with the Selati males, or at least one of them, …
It has been a while since we have had a review of all of the Leopards on the reserve. Who has been accounted for and who has been lost. Who …
Last week we released a post on the Tsalala Pride and their tree-climbing efforts in the attempt to rob the Ximpalapala young female leopard of a kill. This week the …
After a lengthy break from the bush it is wonderful to be back. I have returned to a very different landscape having missed the monumental floods nearly two weeks ago. …
Rangers, trackers and guests have always had a soft spot for the Tailless Female. Her story is one of bravery and courage. The fact that she has no tail makes …
It was a cold July morning and they were all balled up in a mass of tawny hair underneath the glorious Ximpalapala Koppie. At that stage they looked calm and …
The Majingilane Coalition and the Southern Pride were close to each other. Both prides lying unaware of each other’s presence a mere 900 meters apart, we knew we were in …
A few weeks ago we published the first ever footage that taken of the four new Tsalala pride cubs. Spending much of their time up on the rocks at Marthly …
Two nights ago I witnessed where the alliances stand. A sporadic encounter between the two Tsalala lionesses and the Sparta pride was tragically unfolding when the Majingilane coalition put a …
It’s been 6 months since The Majingilane Males arrived in Marthly and overturned the proverbial apple cart. Male lion takeovers invariably have disastrous effects on lion prides as new territories …
I always believed that male lions were as close to immortal as possible. Sleeping by day and feeding by night, their dark-maned figures patrolling the rugged bushveld and their proud …
The Sparta Pride hunt a large herd of Buffalo at Londolozi Game Reserve, bordering the Kruger National Park. As the pride brings down a small calf, the buffalo herd retaliates …
The Plains Camp Males are beginning to apply a lot more pressure on the Ndzhenga Males by pushing further east into the territory. A recent sighting of a dead hippo …
The Majingilane returned to their old stomping grounds of Ximpalapala this week, which wasn’t good news for their sons the Tsalala Young males, who were forced to beat a hasty …
A few weeks ago we ran a piece on the Tsalala Pride in which we speculated that the 8th and final survivor of the two 2011 litters had been killed. …