By dusk Manyari was still at it. But now there’s a change. Sjambok has allowed his brother to mate with Manyari.
The brother cautiously approached Manyari, who was lying flat out on her side, not sure how she would treat him. She ignored him as he mounted her even with her lying on her side. She didn’t budge and somehow he managed to sneak one it. And surprisingly in the end Manyari seemed to be enjoying it as she was making the normal mating sounds.
Several times the brother mated (or is it rape) with Manyari as she lay on her side.
But when she moved, Sjambok was immediately by her side. She lay down in the normal mating position and Sjambok mated. Manyari rolled over in her usual manner and passed out.
It wasn’t even 2 minutes and the brother again mounted her in this unusual position.
And so the brothers went into the night taking turns. So I suppose not much can be said about Manyari’s character.
Magwaza was lying up with the rest of them and now seemed to be again fully accepted by the pride. She left them soon after dark and headed north into the hills calling softly. No doubt off to suckle her cubs.
The 3 stayed in the hills hunting waterbuck and impala but with no luck. Then thankfully they moved south out of the hills towards the airstrip.
A small herd of wildebeest were grazing and immediately the lions were into hunting mode. They all spread out along the airstrip and then jumped the ambush but the sprung the trap far too early and the wildebeest saw them from a long way off in the open. But the lions gave chase with wildebeest scattering into the surrounding bush. And then somehow out of nowhere right deep in the bush Manyari had pinned down an old wildebeest cow. The males joined her immediately and took over killing the beast.
And so they feasted. Somewhere later in the night Magwaza joined them.
By dawn there was little other than bones left of the carcass.
Only several hours after sunrise, once the thermals had got active and the scavengers took to the skies, did the vultures find the carcass and do the final clean up.
I then took to the skies in search of the Nduna male. He was seen briefly yesterday with a snare around his waste, which we need to take care of before it does him some real damage. I managed to find his pride from the air and hope he’s with them. (I left the park management with the position and they’re following up)
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