Oh them lions! If they’re not mating, they’re sleeping. And if they’re not sleeping they’re mating.
Lets hope this all pays off and we have piles of cubs in 3 months time.
3 days ago when Magwaza started mating she was heavy in milk but already there is no more sign of this. Has she lost her cubs?
And if she had would she come into oestrus so quickly?
Did the males kill her cubs?
Too many unanswered questions. Unfortunately I was away for a few days in which time this could all have happened. But even if I was here we wouldn’t have seen anything as we can’t access where the cubs are in the hills. I’m also surprised how quickly her udder has emptied.
Last night was another night similar to the last. Sjambok and Magwaza mating, and the brother moving off for the night only to join them again at dawn.
The good news is they managed to get the snare off Nduna. It wasn’t too bad and he’ll be fine. We headed across there to see him on the zebra carcass they had given him. He was just fine and being his normal grumpy self.
There is still no sign of Manyari. Surely she must have herself a huge carcass somewhere. I hope to fly this afternoon to find her.
Later in the morning I had to rush off to get photographs of Rock and Tree Dassies for a brochure. Amazingly these dassies live side by side and even snuggle up to each other for warmth at night. But they don’t interbreed. Apparently they can’t. Something to do with the difference in the shape of their penises.
These dassies inhabit the hills all across Malilangwe grazing and browsing and can be an important for source for eagles, pythons and even leopards.
AND believe it or not this Rock Dassie (Rock Hyrax) is the closest relative to the elephant.
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