Maggie Manson

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Kafue and NW Zambia

We travelled to Kafue National Park and north west Zambia with wildlife photographer, Patrick Bentley. We stayed first at Musekese, where we were expertly hosted and guided by Phil Jeffrey, We then moved to the Jeffrey and McKeith bushcamp, Ntemwa-Busanga, where we were looked after by James. At Musekese we followed the antics of three lions, a female and two brothers that we have named Shumba and Mkango. Both names mean "lion" in local languages. The lion fight is available on youtube, filmed by one of the guides at Musekese -
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XXBiQBdbdt0.
We then flew to NW Zambia in search of tree pangolins. Here we were wonderfully looked after by Pete and Lynn Fisher.
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  • Day 1  - mating lions, Shumba with female

    Day 1 - mating lions, Shumba with female

    This was the mating couple when we arrived in camp. When Shumba and his brother Mkango moved into the area, all the resident pride, apart from this female, moved south.

  • mating lions, Shumba

    mating lions, Shumba

  • Day 2 - The female chased by Mkango (middle) and Shumba

    Day 2 - The female chased by Mkango (middle) and Shumba

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  • Mkango won the chase

    Mkango won the chase

  • MKango with the female

    MKango with the female

  • Mkango mating

    Mkango mating

  • Mkango  and the female

    Mkango and the female

  • Shumba is not happy

    Shumba is not happy

  • Shumba scentmarking

    Shumba scentmarking

  • Mkango and female spot Shumba

    Mkango and female spot Shumba

  • Mkango gets ready to defend his mating rights

    Mkango gets ready to defend his mating rights

  • Shumba challenging to regain the female

    Shumba challenging to regain the female

  • Mkango charges

    Mkango charges

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  • Brothers fighting

    Brothers fighting

    The fight lasted about 3 seconds

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  • Shumba submits

    Shumba submits

  • Shumba after the fight with a broken tooth

    Shumba after the fight with a broken tooth

  • But shortly afterwards Shumba has regained his female

    But shortly afterwards Shumba has regained his female

  • Shumba and female

    Shumba and female

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    Mkango gets ready to defend his mating rights
    Shumba challenging to regain the female
    Mkango charges