The Beginning of the End for the Majingilane

James Tyrrell February 5, 2017 35

It was always going to be the Hip Scar male. The outsider. The one with the limp. The one whose calls often went unanswered by the rest of his coalition. I …

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Matimba Males Chase Mhangeni Breakaways

James Tyrrell January 9, 2017 25

At least one of the Mhangeni Breakaway lionesses are reported to be denning cubs to the north east of Londolozi. Over the past few months, we have seen the pride mating …

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Lion Warfare: Who’s Chasing Who?

James Tyrrell July 16, 2016 15

As mentioned a few days ago in an update on the Mhangeni pride, no-one can really predict with any amount of certainty what is going to happen from one day …

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A Lion’s Roar: Let’s Discuss

James Tyrrell May 3, 2016 15

I don’t want to go into too much of the physics here, so don’t expect talk of pitch and decibels and wavelengths. Although I suppose that these attributes of a lion’s …

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Lion Update: Matshipiri Males Return

James Tyrrell April 2, 2016 20

It has been a long time since the two Mathsipiri males were seen on Londolozi soil. Casting my mind back, the last time I saw them myself was probably August …

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Matimba Males: Far South

James Tyrrell March 8, 2016 25

Late last week saw a rare event; some of the Londolozi trackers stumped. Despite following the tracks of the two Matimba males all the way through a sweltering morning, they …

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Lion Warfare Update: Majingilane versus Matimba

Amy Attenborough February 24, 2016 33

Just two days ago, Sean Cresswell posted about the re-emergence of a badly injured Matimba male lion. It posed the question; where had this male been and who did he fight …

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Lion Update: Coalition Collision Course

Sean Cresswell January 25, 2016 14

It has been four weeks since 2015 closed off with the epic coalition standoff between the Majingilane-three and Matimba-two. The clash of mighty figures left all wondering what would change …

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The Week In Pictures #209

Trevor McCall-Peat December 4, 2015 16

“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” ~Albert Einstein The words spoken in the above quote are simple ones but ones that have become very true for …

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Tsalala Pride On the Run

James Tyrrell September 28, 2015 11

The Matimba males, it seems, are here to stay. Although pushed out of their northern territory by the Birmingham males, they have been fortunate in that right next door is …

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Sparta Male Joins Tsalala Pride

James Tyrrell September 6, 2015 13

In 2008, the Tsalala pride were taken over by two of the by-now infamous Mapogo coalition. A young male in the pride at the time, the sole survivor from a …

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Lion Warfare: Matimba Male Arrives on Londolozi

James Tyrrell September 5, 2015 26

Tracks in the dust. Roars on the night air. The Tsalala pride sniffing bushes where an unknown lion(s) had clearly passed by the night before. These were the only signs …

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Lion Warfare: Majingilane Chase Matshipiri Male

James Tyrrell August 17, 2015 34

A couple of weeks ago we ran a post that looked at the resurgence of the hyena population on Londolozi, and how this was going to have a knock-on effect …

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Lion Warfare: Mhangheni vs Tsalala Showdown

Lucien Beaumont October 20, 2014 8

I have been lucky enough to witness some amazing lion fights – males mostly chasing other males, battling over territory, mating rights and food. These fights usually involve short bursts …

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Do Male Lions Hunt?

Mike Sutherland April 29, 2014 22

There are two ways in which this question could be answered. One is very simple and short and one is a slightly more detailed analysis of their behaviour, social interaction …

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