23/10/2026
A “real” Sand River lioness, and one who surely hasn’t featured much on socials. Thanks to MPCP, we know this big girl belongs to the official Sand River pride.
I really suspect the four Oloolaimutia (Sopa) boys hold this pride alongside their larger Salas BA pride, which has spent so much time along the Sand River in recent years that it’s often mistaken for the Sand River pride.
Hopefully can get visuals to confirm they hold the Sand River pride in this remote part of the Mara, the pride’s range extends across into Serengeti too.
The two prides have distinct lineages. The Salas BAs descend from Scar 2 and Brown, who were littermates/age-mates of Nariku, Kakenya and Nado (the BRBs mothers), among others. The Sand River pride, meanwhile, has descendants of the BRBs fathers, Benna and co.
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