Imagine …
… you are sitting quietly in the bush and watching six little Lion cubs playing all around you. Well that is the experience we had on today’s evening game drive. While the adult… Continue reading
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A busy guy!
At the moment Thanda’s dominant male Lion is a very busy guy. Besides making sure that he gets enough to eat (which means being at “home” with the ladies when they caught something… Continue reading
Lion Family Life
During this morning’s drive we spotted a Lioness with her small cubs along the road. She was leading us directly to a Wildebeest kill. The Lions had taken down the antelope only a… Continue reading
Alert Snooze!
Lions have the capability to go from prefect rest to complete alertness in no time at all. This Lioness went directly from sleeping mode to observation before she started stalking her prey. Thanda… Continue reading
Not only milk!
Our little Lion cubs have graduated to meat dishes 🙂 Their mum – Thanda North Pride’s oldest Lioness – had caught a Warthog for dinner. As the sun set she moved the kill into… Continue reading
New Arrivals!
What a morning. Leaving the lodge for a drive a bit later than usual we were first looking for our dominant male Lion. He had been sighted not far away from the Thanda… Continue reading
“Lions hands-on” guest experience
Well, we finally captured our two young male Lions. After a few weeks hard work for all of us, Mike Toft, our veterinarian for this project, was able to dart both of them.… Continue reading
The Last Bush Disco!
In the past month we played our special “music” to the Thanda Lions on numerous evenings. (Also see our blog message about two young male Lions which are to be transferred to another game… Continue reading
Going Vegetarian?
Hardy! But this Thanda Lioness nibbled on grass for quite a while. That sort of behavior can mostly be observed after heavy meals, apparently to help with a full or upset stomach. The… Continue reading