Hurroar for mating lions: Video

5th day and still going strong? Although I think Manyari’s had enough of it but her hormones won’t let her stop AND of course nor will Sjambok.

Always there
Sjambok’s brother left the couple and we heard him moving east roaring his progress.
Manyari was moving south with her dude hot on her tail. She was keen on a herd of wildebeest and made some serious moves to stalk closer before both lions charged in after the herd.
We lost them in the commotion and finding them a couple of minutes later some 300 or 400m north they were back to duty, mating.

Night light
And that turned out to be their exercise for the night, well besides the little effort required several times an hour for some self inflicted pleasure.

Shagged out
Then we heard the buffalo coming. A huge herd was on the stampede from the east. I think Sjambok’s brother might have had something to do with this.
The herd came on to Banyini to drink and then move on west. But they just kept coming. It was a big herd of probably 500 buffalo.
Sjambok showed no interest in the buffalo and Manyari showed a limited amount of interest. But neither could muster the energy to make a move on them.
A short while later the other male was calling close by but he never joined the happy couple.
Only at dawn did he come running in and both male lions rolled on their bellies in a submissive pose, so diffusing a potentially violent encounter.

Sjambok
Early morning I took to the skies really keen to get some photos of this big buffalo herd, but do you think I could find them? I can only think they must have carried on west onto the neighbouring property.

Zebra at Hwata
Just before coming in to land, I did a fly-by for the lions, which they totally ignored as they lay there sprawled out looking like a bunch of dead cats on the open savannah soaking up the African sun.

Not dead yet!

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