Lioness kills nyala bull

Lioness kills nyala bull Late evening and no luck with the north pride who continue to push further south they seemed to have dissapeared into the mountains. Feeling a little dispondent we headed off to look for spot and watch the sunset. Mary a guest of mine suddenly shouted lion ... we turned and with delight followed her. I noticed her mammary glands full of milk and when she turned to look at us realised it was one of the south pride lionesses that had been away denning her cubs. A little way up the ridge she headed off road and suddenly hit the ground. we watched in silence, not 20m away was a nyala bull only the tips of his horns showing completly unaware of what was about to unfold. Patience the lioness waited, her tail twitching with excitemnet. Like a lighting bolt she rushed the nyala, not even a bleat or thud, i thought she had missed. Taking the corner there she was, a calm in her eyes as if duty, she drew the last beath out of the nyalas body. With a gimps into the hills she was off, we lost her in the rocky section, yet returned later to find she had lead 4 healthy cubs to the carcase.

Posted: Phinda by Philip Mortlock, Date: 29 April 2008