Photos by SEAN AVERY:
The Averys & I went down to Athi Basin on sunday morning & had a splendid run, including meeting the 2 dominant males consorting with a single lioness.
Further down the road, who should we meet but UJONJO, feared dead or missing (see previous posts) after a lacerating experience with his own sons…….
We could tell it was he by the (healed) scars on his face after his (lost) fight for dominance with his younger fitter oedipal sons…
He seems to have moved further east in the park & was busy doing what male lions do best: patrolling his territory & marking it with his own inimitable scent….
Exhibiting flehmen & drawing odorous hormones through his nose….was this his own scent or that of a passing female (this is how many large mammals test to see if females are on heat…)
UJONJo was here……….OK????
2 Comments
Great to see him looking so healthy !
he looks like he could use a good meal like a male kudu.