As reported last year the remaining Duba Boy died at the end of 2008, the details are not clear, however, the guides found his body. No name has been given for the new guy yet, however he seems quite settled as a few small cubs and two lactating females were found who seemed quite friendly [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Duba Boy’s’
23 Sep
Tsaro Pride – General News
The lion sightings and fascinating pride dynamics at Duba Plains are still incredible! The Tsaro Pride appears to have regrouped as before. They have been seen together in most of the sightings, consisting of nine adult females, one sub-adult lioness and the Skimmer Male. Regardless of the regrouping, there is still that typical inter-lioness aggression [...]
23 Sep
The End of an Era – the death of the remaining Duba Boy
Sadly the second Duba Boy died on the 28th July 2008. This incident follows on the passing of the other Duba Boy on 28th of January 2008. Since the death of the first Duba Boy, the remaining lion in this fearsome duo has struggled. He could not stay with the Tsaro Pride any longer since [...]
17 Jul
The Fallen Duba boy
With sorrow and sadness, we would like to announce the death of one of the legendary ‘Duba Boys‘. He died after a long sickness that was caused by an attack from the elegant male from the neighboring territory – the ‘Skimmer Male‘. This happened at the end of the first week of November 2007. The [...]
17 Jul
The Ageing Duba Boys
As usual, the Tsaro Pride has continued to provide the majority of the lion sightings this month. They still consist of nine adult females, a juvenile female cub and the sub-adult male (‘Junior’). The poor breeding success rate continues with about 8 cubs killed in the last two to three months. ‘Silver Eye‘, the lioness [...]
17 Jul
The Duba boys & their Pride
The two Duba Boys, estimated at just over 16 years, are still doing very well at the moment. One of them has been seen limping quite badly and there was a period of a week this month when he was not seen at all; apparently this is an old injury from few years ago caused [...]
15 Jul
Growing Up by Lion around
The buffalo herd is still in good condition despite the dryness of the grass. In August, as a result of the buffalo herd spending most of the time in our prime game drive this month, the interaction between the Tsaro Pride and the buffalo herd seemed to have dominated most sightings. We have also been [...]
14 Jul
The Pride has grown
It was very impressive recently to see one of the most ruthless cub killers, ‘Silver Eye‘, growling and exposing her deadly canines at this cub. She was badly attacked by the two females that look after this young cub, and since then has very often been denied any chance to get anywhere close to her. [...]
14 Jul
The Buffalo & Lion Interaction
At the moment the buffalo herd is still spending most of their time in our prime game drive area. It has been very surprising that they have hardly crossed into the Paradise Island area this month. Instead they have been hanging around the floodplains that we can access easily during the flood (which is very [...]
