And there they were, out on Banyini and still at it.
It was cool overcast day and the mating couple stayed in the open grassland.
Some time in the morning they were alerted by the wildebeest stampeding and shortly afterwards the brother came strolling through the dust followed by another lioness. She’s young and I presume her to be one of Manyari’s daughter’s.
The male stayed away from the mating couple but just had to watch their goings on and then each time they moved off, he’d go and sniff the area they’d been lying in.
The young lioness moved off to lie up in a grove of trees all by herself.
Later in the morning the 2 males had their little confrontation, which ended up with both of them rolling around on their backs in submission. But the main dude still didn’t relinquish his position with Manyari and kept up his performance always trying new tricks to get her to concede.
Just before leaving them, Manyari went to drink at Banyini pan, but even then she wasn’t left alone and the male had to lick her private parts while she tried desperately to drink.
I left them lying up in the cool of the overcast grassland.
Back in the area at sunset, there was no sign of them, but I’d been involved in interviews and so had run out of time to follow up.
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