I am finally catching up on some of my video, thanks to hiring my niece Kelsey over her summer break at college. We have many new video clips being uploaded and I will introduce some of them in our blog.
The first set of videos is a four part series of videos from September and October trips to Mapula Lodge in Botswana’s Okavango Delta. The Mapula Boys, a coalition of three massive male lions, have provided lots of the highlights. Click on a link below to see all of the videos from the Mapula Lodge lions.
Mapula Lodge Lion Greeting Video
My favorite video of the Mapula Lodge lion video set is longer than usual video that captures the bonds of brotherhood that you can see between male lions in a coalition. You get a sense for their bond as they like to maintain physical contact with one another and I especially enjoy seeing their head rubs – the equivalent of a lion hug.
This closeness is essential to form the imposing team that is needed to hold a quality territory. Following their greeting you get eye to eye with a lion as he slakes his thirst and the Boys head out to hunt buffalo.
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