- 6/29/2024
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00:00:00This documentary is a story of a group of lions named Mapogo, in the sandy region of South Africa.
00:00:08Some footage has been used to show the hunting skills of the lions and their behavior.
00:00:13Some viewers may find it disturbing.
00:00:21Filmmakers and field guides have been keeping an eye on a family of lions for the past 16 years.
00:00:27And the family's lions became famous.
00:00:30In the name of Mapogo.
00:00:35They have seen their extraordinary behavior.
00:00:39And during this time, Mapogo set out in search of their new territory.
00:00:43And even explored it.
00:00:47As soon as they took over their first territory, the bloodshed began.
00:00:51No other lion had ever been able to take over such a large area before.
00:01:04Their behavior was very violent.
00:01:08They killed every danger that came their way.
00:01:12We estimate that within a year, they killed around 100 lions.
00:01:16There are very few violent and dangerous lions like Mapogo.
00:01:25In their story, we get to see a dark side of the lions.
00:01:30And also their struggle to survive.
00:01:47Kruger National Park
00:01:52Kruger National Park is located at the northernmost tip of South Africa's Sabi Sand Game Reserve.
00:02:09Kruger National Park is twice the size of Yellowstone.
00:02:12There is no shortage of wild animals in Kruger National Park.
00:02:15And that path goes straight to the Sabi Sand area.
00:02:36Where there are so many predators, how can there be a shortage of lions?
00:02:42Kruger National Park
00:03:00Here, for almost a decade,
00:03:03filmmakers and field guides have witnessed the life of the Mapogo lions.
00:03:12Kruger National Park
00:03:19The Sparta family of lions has been living in the Sabi Sand for many generations.
00:03:25In 2002, the family was raising 10 children.
00:03:30Five of them were lions.
00:03:38They didn't have a name in their childhood.
00:03:40But later they got names.
00:03:43Scar
00:03:45Pretty Boy
00:03:47Rasta
00:03:49Kinky Tail
00:03:51And Mr. T
00:03:56These little brothers grew up and became famous under the name Mapogo.
00:04:01When those lions were very small, I was also in the Sabi Sand among the lions.
00:04:05And I remember that there were many children in the Sparta family at that time.
00:04:08There were five lions in that family, I remember.
00:04:15We have seen those lions since they were a few months old.
00:04:19And at that time we realized that some of them were more aggressive and mischievous than others.
00:04:26They would run after new things.
00:04:29They wanted to hunt new animals.
00:04:31While some would quietly lie in their place.
00:04:33Some would look a little scared.
00:04:36And would try to learn something by looking at others.
00:04:47I found the two youngest brothers to be the most different from all the other children.
00:04:51But one of them was a little more aggressive.
00:04:53He seemed to be a leader since childhood.
00:04:58And his younger brother was always ready to follow him.
00:05:04His mischievousness was evident from a very young age.
00:05:09Later we found out that he was a pair of Mr. T and Kinky Tail.
00:05:17Only that relationship between the two youngest members of the Mapogo family
00:05:22did not separate them from the other members of the family.
00:05:28Both children were very special.
00:05:30We could see the feet of the son in their upbringing.
00:05:50Once that family caught hold of a buffalo.
00:06:00A big member of the family, the father of the Mapogo, seized the buffalo.
00:06:17He was holding on to the buffalo's dead body.
00:06:20While these two little lions were eager to eat it.
00:06:23They were very close to each other.
00:06:26This also shows how timid the two children were at that age.
00:06:31If the father had hit him once, he would have been free.
00:06:35They were very young at that time.
00:06:38But looking at their behavior, I can say that Mr. T or Kinky Tail
00:06:42was the one who showed such bravery.
00:06:48Those who had seen the Mapogo children at a young age
00:06:51realized that they were going to prove to be very dangerous lions in the coming days.
00:07:02When those five brothers were together, we all agreed
00:07:06that one day they would rule the jungle.
00:07:22Only one of the eight lions is able to live to be an adult.
00:07:29The protection of a healthy and big herd is the responsibility of the powerful lions.
00:07:34And when a baby is born in that herd,
00:07:37it is easier for it to fight its first year's difficulties.
00:07:46We call the family of lions pride because of the lionesses.
00:07:49The lionesses usually live in the same area all their lives.
00:07:53And their daughters also grow up and take care of the same family.
00:07:57Therefore, the pride of the lions is maintained for many decades.
00:08:03But the lions make friends with each other and form a separate organization.
00:08:09And they roam in a very large area in their life.
00:08:13Therefore, many times they go very far from their birthplace.
00:08:17The fathers of the lions, who became famous by the name of Mapogo, also formed such an organization.
00:08:23They were the lions of West Street.
00:08:25And they had taken over many prides.
00:08:29I remember very well that the lions of West Street were very good fathers.
00:08:33They were also very tolerant.
00:08:40The general idea about lions is that they don't do anything special.
00:08:43They just lie down all day, exercise and hunt the lionesses.
00:08:52But I feel that in a pride, the lions play a very important role.
00:08:56They guard their area, protect the children and protect the lionesses.
00:09:05For any pride, the lionesses are very important.
00:09:08They keep the whole family together.
00:09:10The lions keep coming and going.
00:09:12But the lionesses remain connected to the same family for many generations.
00:09:16Due to which the family of lions becomes socially strong.
00:09:23In the world, in big cats, lions are very social animals.
00:09:27And when they work together, nothing is better than their family.
00:09:33They are the most powerful.
00:09:41There were 10 children in Sparta pride.
00:09:44Out of which 5 were small Mapogo.
00:09:53For such a big family, the prey should also be big.
00:09:58But the lions of Sparta lionesses and the lions of West Street had taken the prey to new heights.
00:10:05When it comes to a big prey, the lion plays a very important role.
00:10:10They prove to be helpful in hunting these big and dangerous animals.
00:10:21It is not easy for lions to hunt a giraffe-sized animal.
00:10:25And the reason is the giraffe's height.
00:10:29A giraffe's tail can also finish a lion's job.
00:10:33The danger is very high, but the reward for success is also great.
00:10:41If the lionesses are trying to catch a big animal, then the lions also come to support them.
00:10:48And the lions of West Street were also not different.
00:11:10The weight of an adult male giraffe is around 1300 kgs.
00:11:14And with that, Sparta pride can fill its stomach for many days.
00:11:21In a place like Sabi Sand, small lions live.
00:11:25And the lions of West Street are not afraid of anything.
00:11:29They are not afraid of anything.
00:11:32They are not afraid of anything.
00:11:35They are not afraid of anything.
00:11:38In a place like Sabi Sand, there is danger at every step for small lions.
00:11:45When Mr. T and Kinkytail were very small,
00:11:50the rising empire of the Mapogo tribes was about to end.
00:11:55In the year 2003, Mapogo Bandhu i.e. Mr. T, Kinkytail, Rasta, Pretty Boy and Scar were 6 months to 1.5 years old.
00:12:15They were born in a big and powerful family,
00:12:19in which there was a good organization of lions to protect them.
00:12:26Their mothers, the lionesses of Sparta pride, were very dangerous hunters.
00:12:44The lionesses of Sparta had taught those children to face the biggest challenge of their lives, to hunt.
00:13:01Lion children begin to practice the art of hunting from a very young age.
00:13:06They follow every animal that lives in their area.
00:13:09Then they go out of their area to practice their skills.
00:13:12And after increasing their courage, they attack different types of prey.
00:13:18Sometimes they even break on such animals that they do not hunt.
00:13:22I have seen them attacking Sahi.
00:13:25And they also fight with Honey Badger.
00:13:31These are some of the things that lion cubs often do,
00:13:35which is not right, but it increases their self-confidence
00:13:38and in this way they learn and become good hunters in the future.
00:13:54The Mapogo brothers had to hunt bigger and more powerful predators in the future.
00:14:01Especially the most dangerous animals of Africa, the wild buffaloes.
00:14:08There were about 1400 buffaloes in the largest herd of wild buffaloes I had ever seen.
00:14:15There are also small bachelor groups of buffaloes,
00:14:19which include 15 to 20 buffaloes and they usually live on the banks of the river.
00:14:23In this way, the herd becomes the main prey.
00:14:26A large wild buffalo weighs about 900 kilos,
00:14:30which is about 6 times the weight of a lioness.
00:14:33And about 4 times the weight of a big lion.
00:14:42The horns of the buffaloes are curved and pointed.
00:14:45They can cause a lot of damage to the lions with their horns.
00:14:53It is very exciting to see lions hunting buffaloes.
00:14:56But every time the lion's house is attacked by wild buffaloes.
00:14:59It is very exciting to see lions hunting buffaloes.
00:15:02But every time the lion's house is attacked by wild buffaloes.
00:15:10Usually, they run after the same buffalo at a time.
00:15:14But even if they catch a single buffalo, it makes a lot of noise.
00:15:19And in this way, it calls for help.
00:15:23Hearing its roar, other buffaloes also come to attack those lions
00:15:26who keep attacking a single buffalo.
00:15:31Just think, what would happen when the whole herd of buffaloes breaks?
00:15:36These thousands of kilos of buffaloes attack the lions like a wall of terror.
00:15:57I have seen that the buffaloes threw a lion into the air,
00:16:01and it came back to the ground after hitting it with two sticks.
00:16:12Despite all these dangers,
00:16:15these little Mapogobandhus will only be able to defeat such a big prey
00:16:19when they themselves are in the hunt with the adults.
00:16:23Lions learn the most important lesson from their families.
00:16:27They learn how to defeat a big prey in the coming days.
00:16:32And only after that, they become more powerful and healthy.
00:16:37Sparta pride often takes the children of the family on the hunt.
00:16:42And the children do not stay far from the adults.
00:16:46Ninety out of a hundred times,
00:16:48the wild buffaloes attack the lions and devour them.
00:16:58The adults of the family are trying to escape.
00:17:03But the little Mapogobandhus and their brothers and sisters
00:17:07are trapped between the raging attack of the buffaloes.
00:17:15When the buffaloes attack,
00:17:16it seems as if they will throw the biggest wall in front of them.
00:17:19And then the lions also run away from them.
00:17:34I had seen them from quite a distance.
00:17:37And I was afraid that the children trapped between the buffaloes
00:17:40might become their prey.
00:17:47The wild buffaloes go in search of the children of the lions
00:17:50hidden in a large bunch of bushes.
00:17:52And as soon as they find a child,
00:17:54they jump on it and crush it under their feet.
00:17:56They also try to tame it with their horns.
00:17:58But usually they jump on it with their feet
00:18:01and then crush it and kill it.
00:18:07I remember very well that
00:18:09when some children of Sparta pride were killed,
00:18:12the whole family was in mourning.
00:18:17Some of the lions of the Sparta family were killed by the buffaloes.
00:18:22But the five little Mapogobandhus were lucky to survive.
00:18:28It seemed as if fate had something else in mind for these brothers.
00:18:33Even if those children had been killed,
00:18:36they would never have become the great Mapogobandhus.
00:18:47Mr. T, Kinky Tail, Rasta, Scar and Pretty Boy
00:18:51faced every challenge
00:18:54and spent the first difficult year of their lives.
00:18:57But now they were about to face a new challenge,
00:19:01a new danger.
00:19:11In 2003, in the area of Sparta pride,
00:19:13an unknown lion entered the area.
00:19:20When a new lion enters an area,
00:19:23the danger increases for the small children of the family.
00:19:26When a lion takes over an area,
00:19:29it first kills every child.
00:19:35But the little Mapogobandhus were very lucky.
00:19:38No one had expected this.
00:19:40But the little Mapogobandhus did not kill the children.
00:19:47The new lion who entered the area also saved his life and ran away.
00:19:52Actually, the lions of Sparta and West Street
00:19:55had included him in their family.
00:20:00Whatever we saw, I think it was the first time.
00:20:11Often it happens that the lion of the family,
00:20:14or the chief, either kills the lion coming from outside
00:20:17or throws it away.
00:20:20But I don't know why no one did this to him
00:20:23and included him in his family very soon.
00:20:26I think he was the stepbrother of those five little lions.
00:20:32Because at that time he was about four years old
00:20:35and his father had only brought him to this area.
00:20:37So, I think he was his child in a nearby pride.
00:20:48In the next one year, Sparta pride took over
00:20:51that new lion, Makhulu.
00:20:54And now he was not only a member of the family,
00:20:57but also the elder brother of those five little Mapogobandhus.
00:21:00During that one year, the field guides saw
00:21:03that the relationship between Mr. T and Kinky Tail
00:21:05which was formed in his childhood
00:21:08had become stronger.
00:21:11And they used to live together.
00:21:20Mr. T was very strong
00:21:23and Kinky Tail had become his loyal soldier.
00:21:35He was always ready to help Mr. T.
00:21:40We can also say that he had become his companion.
00:21:43He stayed with Mr. T like a shadow
00:21:46and helped him at every difficult time.
00:21:59They had a wonderful relationship.
00:22:01They liked to stay together
00:22:04and that was a big thing.
00:22:11But the peace of the little lions
00:22:14does not last long.
00:22:17When they reach the age of maturity,
00:22:20they are thrown out of the family
00:22:23and they have to live on their own.
00:22:31In the year 2004,
00:22:34along with the five little Mapogobandhus,
00:22:37the two-year-old Makhulu
00:22:40was also thrown out of his pride by his father.
00:22:50Now this homeless, barren lion
00:22:53was forced to live on his own.
00:22:56He had to hunt alone
00:22:58and he had no area of his own.
00:23:01There was no lioness in his pride
00:23:04and he was constantly in danger
00:23:07from the powerful lions.
00:23:10When these lions live like homeless barrens,
00:23:13then more lions are killed
00:23:16than ever before.
00:23:19The most important thing was
00:23:22that wherever they were in their lives,
00:23:25they had to spend their lives on their own.
00:23:28Now they had to fight on their own
00:23:31or run away from the battlefield.
00:23:34But the fact that they were six lions
00:23:37was very important to them.
00:23:42Because they were together,
00:23:45these six lions could face
00:23:48every difficult challenge more easily.
00:23:51The Mapogo organization was formed.
00:23:54But they still had a long way to go.
00:23:57Only after that could they become
00:24:00so powerful and powerful
00:24:03that they could decide on their own territory.
00:24:06At first, it was difficult to recognize them
00:24:09because they all started to show their tusks.
00:24:12But gradually, they were recognized by their names.
00:24:15The first one was Makhulu. He was the eldest.
00:24:18He was a very strong lion.
00:24:21His tusks were also black.
00:24:23He was a very beautiful lion.
00:24:27Then people started to call him Pretty Boy.
00:24:32He was a very beautiful lion.
00:24:36Then there was Skewspan.
00:24:39He was a lion with scars.
00:24:42He had a deep scar on his back
00:24:45on the left side of his body.
00:24:48The fourth one was Rasta of Dreadlock.
00:24:51There was something stuck in his tusks
00:24:54which made him look dreadlock.
00:24:58Mr. T.
00:25:01His tusks were very beautiful.
00:25:06And the sixth one was Kinkytail.
00:25:10These were the six Mapogos.
00:25:12Mapogo is a Swahili word
00:25:15which means a security force
00:25:18or a group of people who work together.
00:25:21At that time, we did not realize this.
00:25:24But today, it seems that yes,
00:25:27they used to work like this.
00:25:30When small lions leave their home for the first time,
00:25:33they face two problems.
00:25:36One is that they are not very intelligent
00:25:39because of their young age.
00:25:42And the other is that they are lazy
00:25:45because of their old age.
00:25:48That is why they face problems
00:25:51when they hunt for the first time.
00:25:54Before this, the Mapogo
00:25:57never had to hunt for a big animal.
00:26:00To survive, they had to hunt first.
00:26:03For the next few months,
00:26:06the Mapogo will hone their hunting skills
00:26:09and build up their courage
00:26:12to attack.
00:26:15But even though the six lions are together,
00:26:18it will take time for them to learn all this.
00:26:20They usually take advantage of the situation.
00:26:23And wherever they find a dead body,
00:26:26they run away.
00:26:29Many times, this happens
00:26:32because they are afraid
00:26:35that the lion will attack them again.
00:26:38But they do not give up.
00:26:41They do not give up.
00:26:44They do not give up.
00:26:47They do not give up.
00:26:50They even feed the lionesses
00:26:53so that they can quickly fill their stomachs.
00:26:56But when there is a ferocious and ferocious lion
00:26:59around,
00:27:02the Mapogo have to save their lives and run away.
00:27:20But the time has come
00:27:23when the Mapogo become the hunters
00:27:26they were meant to be.
00:27:30They started attacking the buffaloes more.
00:27:33But they did not leave the river horses.
00:27:36The river horses were not afraid of the Mapogo.
00:27:39They were not afraid of the sea.
00:27:42They were not afraid of the sea.
00:27:45They were not afraid of the sea.
00:27:47He did not spare the sea horses,
00:27:54nor the small geese.
00:27:58And just like his fathers,
00:28:00he also succeeded in hunting the giraffe.
00:28:17His biggest strength was that
00:28:19he would hunt together.
00:28:33Kinky Tail was like a fox terrier
00:28:35and would not spare any prey.
00:28:38He was very fast.
00:28:40He would mostly run and run.
00:28:42Makhulu Mapogo was the one who decided
00:28:45which prey his team would attack.
00:28:49And he would attack first.
00:28:53Then Kinky Tail would try to catch the prey
00:28:56and would catch the buffalo.
00:29:01Mr. T and Kinky Tail were always at the center of the attack.
00:29:05They were always the most aggressive when it came to hunting.
00:29:16The truth is that these lions had learned
00:29:18how to hunt buffaloes.
00:29:20And that was a big thing for their success.
00:29:22They were now very big and powerful.
00:29:28As their self-confidence grew,
00:29:30one of the lions started to show more courage.
00:29:37After a prey, when they started to eat it,
00:29:40Mr. T would often run away.
00:29:42He would not spare any prey.
00:29:48Even if he had to fight his brothers for it,
00:29:51he would not hesitate to fight them.
00:30:13Even though Mr. T was the youngest,
00:30:15he would try his best to make his team strong.
00:30:19But there was a big obstacle in front of him.
00:30:23Among the Mapogo brothers,
00:30:25Makhulu's tusk was the darkest.
00:30:27And he was also the strongest among them.
00:30:30The lions with black tusks are very strong.
00:30:33They have a lot of testosterone.
00:30:35They have a lot of testosterone.
00:30:37They have a lot of testosterone.
00:30:39They have a lot of testosterone.
00:30:41They have a lot of testosterone.
00:30:43Whenever there is a battle between two lions,
00:30:45it is believed that the lion with black tusks
00:30:48will defeat the lion with golden tusks.
00:30:50In the beginning, Makhulu was definitely the dominant.
00:30:54He was everyone's boss.
00:30:56He kept the other five away.
00:31:06Mr. T would have to wait for his turn.
00:31:11Under Makhulu's leadership,
00:31:13these six barren lions
00:31:15had become dangerous hunters full of self-confidence.
00:31:22Now their gang was ready to take over their territory.
00:31:30We expected a big change,
00:31:32but we did not know that there would be violence on such a large scale.
00:31:42MAPOGU BANDHU
00:31:48MAPOGU BANDHU was now ready to take over their first area.
00:31:56In 2006, under Makhulu's leadership,
00:31:59the five brothers,
00:32:00Pretty Boy,
00:32:01Scar,
00:32:02Rasta,
00:32:03Kinky Tail
00:32:04and Mr. T
00:32:05were ready to wreak havoc in the entire area.
00:32:08We had never seen such terror in the Sabi Sand before.
00:32:23Most of the field guides had never seen six lions together before.
00:32:31I remember the day when I first saw them together.
00:32:35They had come to the lake to drink water.
00:32:38I knew they were going to drink water,
00:32:40so I stopped my car there.
00:32:46After a while, they started coming one by one to drink water.
00:32:49And then,
00:32:50six lions were drinking water together.
00:32:54I still can't believe it.
00:32:56This is the best picture I have ever seen.
00:32:58MAPOGU BANDHU
00:33:03We never thought we would see six lions together.
00:33:06It was very unusual for us.
00:33:13The most important thing in such a group is how big it is.
00:33:17If there are three to four powerful lions in it,
00:33:20it is more likely that they will take over an area.
00:33:24And this group of six lions was quite powerful.
00:33:29MAPOGU BANDHU
00:33:33MAPOGU BANDHU could take over any area only with their strength.
00:33:40And their first battle was going to prove very important.
00:33:44In 2006, MAPOGU BANDHU reached the northern part of Sabi Sand,
00:33:49where the four powerful lions ruled.
00:33:52MAPOGU BANDHU
00:33:56When lions go to a new area, they are very calm in the beginning.
00:34:00But they come like a storm and break down like a hurricane.
00:34:06They were making a lot of noise, roaring.
00:34:11As soon as they reached there, they started the siege of their area.
00:34:15MAPOGU BANDHU
00:34:19The northern lions started protecting their area and their families.
00:34:29But they could not stand before MAPOGU BANDHU.
00:34:36They killed one of the four lions.
00:34:39MAPOGU BANDHU
00:34:42And the remaining three lions ran away from there.
00:34:45They did not even show the courage to face them.
00:34:47They could not stand in front of them.
00:34:54Finally, MAPOGU BANDHU took over a very large area.
00:34:58MAPOGU BANDHU
00:35:04This was the area from where they could increase their strength and power.
00:35:10As soon as they took over their first area, their murderous game also started.
00:35:17At that time, they had proved that no one can stand in front of them.
00:35:22In the next one year, MAPOGU BANDHU put an end to every lion that came before them.
00:35:28Which could have been a threat to them.
00:35:31When a lion sees a large number of lions in front of him, he runs away.
00:35:37And the lions there did the same.
00:35:39Because if they were caught, they would have lost their lives.
00:35:47It felt like six goons had come here to play the game of blood.
00:35:59MAPOGU BANDHU
00:36:07As their self-confidence was increasing, their area was also increasing.
00:36:11The main reason for this was that they were dragging other lions towards Kruger.
00:36:15And were increasing their area.
00:36:17MAPOGU BANDHU
00:36:24To take over any area, it is very important that the other lions living in that area are driven out of there.
00:36:37We were worried.
00:36:38There were many families living in those areas.
00:36:40They also had many children.
00:36:43The children living in those families were 6 to 8 months old.
00:36:47And we knew them very well.
00:36:49They were about to come in their own color.
00:36:51That's when they attacked them.
00:36:59When new lions come to an area and occupy it, the most dangerous thing is for the small children living there.
00:37:06Those lions do not even play the role of stepfather there.
00:37:09And neither do they want to raise the children of other lions.
00:37:17When lions take over an area, they first kill the children of the families living there.
00:37:22And then the lioness who puts more pressure on the lioness to protect her children.
00:37:33The lioness comes into action as soon as she sees a new lion in her area.
00:37:39After that, she comes close to her children.
00:37:42And then she meets other lionesses and tries to face the lion sitting inside.
00:37:54If the children are a little brave, the lioness takes them somewhere else so that they do not have to struggle with the lion sitting inside.
00:38:02If the children are helpless and helpless, the lioness has to face the lion at any cost.
00:38:23I was watching the Ottawa Pride.
00:38:27There were 3 lionesses and 11 children in that pride.
00:38:38Mapogo Bandhu was also looking for the same pride.
00:38:41And he also faced that family.
00:38:48That fight was very violent because the lioness wanted to save her children at any cost.
00:38:57Her anger was very strong.
00:39:01The lionesses fight to the last breath to save their children.
00:39:12There was a lot going on there.
00:39:14There was a commotion all around.
00:39:16There was a lot of commotion around our car.
00:39:18There was a lot of commotion all around our car.
00:39:22Once I felt that a lioness would jump out of our car to save herself from those lions.
00:39:30In all these cases, Mapogo Bandhu was killing small children.
00:39:38The lionesses wanted to save their children, but Mapogo Bandhu was also hitting them hard.
00:39:44An angry lion thinks only one thing.
00:39:47Kill the children of the other lion.
00:39:51In such a situation, the lionesses had no other option.
00:39:55When the mother's protection was broken,
00:39:59there was no wall left between those violent Mapogo lions and the small children of Ottawa Pride.
00:40:14If six violent lions are after someone, it is very difficult to save their children from them.
00:40:19And those children were helpless and weak.
00:40:22How could they stand in front of them?
00:40:27I think there were 11 children in the entire Ottawa Pride.
00:40:30Not a single one of them survived.
00:40:32When lions hunt children and kill them,
00:40:35the heart of good people shudder.
00:40:38I am a biologist.
00:40:40I know this happens, but I can't see that scene.
00:40:48I am a biologist.
00:40:50I know this happens, but I can't see that scene.
00:40:54I am a biologist.
00:40:56I know this happens, but I can't see that scene.
00:41:03I am a biologist.
00:41:06After the death of the children, the lionesses are ready to give birth again.
00:41:10But they start to migrate.
00:41:14Mapogo Bandhu also wanted the same thing to increase his family.
00:41:18But they were not able to do it.
00:41:28During the three months, all the children of the lions were killed.
00:41:33And Mapogo Bandhu ate them.
00:41:43Mr. T and Kinky Tail were very merciless in this matter.
00:41:46And they were looking for each other and killing each and every child.
00:41:57About a quarter of the lions killed in their first year
00:42:01become the prey of other lions.
00:42:04This is a natural way of capturing a pride.
00:42:08From all the stories we have heard so far,
00:42:10it seems that Mr. T was the most dangerous of them all.
00:42:17This bloodshed of the lions usually ends after the death of the children.
00:42:23But the union of Mapogo Bandhu was completely different from this.
00:42:40All the lions of Ottawa Pride had fled and the children were also killed.
00:42:44And soon, the lionesses of the Ottawa family could give birth again.
00:42:52The body of the Mapogo lions was full of testosterone.
00:42:56And for survival, they had to fight each other.
00:43:14They were so enraged that they even started killing the lionesses
00:43:18who were ready to live with them.
00:43:32When they could not make any decision between them,
00:43:34they attacked the lioness and killed her.
00:43:38When they could not make any decision between them,
00:43:40they attacked the lioness and killed her.
00:43:52I first saw that Mr. T was biting his teeth on a lioness's back.
00:43:59Then he started strangling her.
00:44:08In 10 to 15 minutes, the lioness was dead.
00:44:11And then Mr. T started preparing to eat her.
00:44:25To be honest, some of the actions of the Mapogo Bandhu were very unique.
00:44:30Like killing the lionesses.
00:44:33Killing the lionesses in pride.
00:44:35Killing the lionesses with whom they could live and give birth to children.
00:44:39This is very unique.
00:44:41And I had never seen anything like this in the jungle before.
00:44:49Within the next year, the Mapogo Bandhu began to seize pride one by one.
00:44:53And whoever became a threat to them, they killed him.
00:44:58I don't think any of us can claim that how many lions were killed by the Mapogo Bandhu.
00:45:06Because of them, the population of lions also began to decrease suddenly.
00:45:13Once we thought that they had killed about 100 lions in one year in the Sabi Sand.
00:45:19Killing so many lions is not a small thing.
00:45:22It seemed that while the Mapogo Bandhu was alive, no lion was safe in the Sabi Sand.
00:45:29It was impossible to defeat the Mapogo Bandhu.
00:45:36But their clashes met within their confines.
00:45:42I had never seen a fight like the one between Mr. T and Makulu.
00:45:53By 2008, the Mapogo Bandhu had killed many Dabangg lions.
00:45:58And they had succeeded in seizing a very large area.
00:46:02That area was so large that there used to be five separate areas in it.
00:46:11For the first time, we had seen a clash that had seized such a large area.
00:46:17In the area they had seized, most of the Sabi Sand Game Reserve was included.
00:46:22They had seized an area of about 70,000 hectares.
00:46:27That is more than 1,60,000 acres.
00:46:31It is about 7 times larger than Manhattan.
00:46:37A place like Sabi Sand where there are many predators.
00:46:41There is no shortage of water and there are many lions to fight.
00:46:46It is better to be limited to a small area there.
00:46:51To be honest, the Mapogo Bandhu had seized almost the entire Sabi Sand.
00:46:56Which was proof of how strong their clashes were.
00:47:12After killing all the opponents, the Mapogo Bandhu had seized about eight prides.
00:47:26Now they had become the unruly king of Sabi Sand.
00:47:34But some of them were not even happy with that.
00:47:41Generally, we think that there is no discrimination in a clash.
00:47:46And all its members work in good harmony.
00:47:52Often it has been seen that in such a clash, one or two lions are unruly.
00:47:56And the rest are its captains.
00:47:58But then the question arises, should they stay in that group and obey the rules of the unruly?
00:48:03Or should they separate from them and make their own group?
00:48:11Mr. T and Kinky Tail were not born to be soldiers.
00:48:15They just wanted to rule.
00:48:21But one lion was a hurdle in their path.
00:48:27Makhulu was definitely the strongest of the Mapogo Bandhu.
00:48:30He was the boss.
00:48:32I had never seen a fight between Mr. T and Makhulu.
00:48:36In that fight, Mr. T hit him hard.
00:48:41Makhulu wiped one of his legs, which injured Mr. T.
00:49:11And that's when the clashes started.
00:49:13I think this was also one of the reasons why they left the other four.
00:49:21Most of the field guides had never seen such a clash of six lions.
00:49:27But no one had thought that the clashes would also be divided into two.
00:49:33But Santosh and Mr. T had never seen such a clash of six lions.
00:49:39But this is what happened in 2008.
00:49:46Mr. T and Kinky Tail were six years old at the time.
00:49:50And at the height of their youth, apart from Makhulu,
00:49:54they separated from their brothers Pretty Boy, Rasta and Scar.
00:49:58I had never imagined that this would happen.
00:50:00But now, the clashes were divided into two groups.
00:50:03And both began to rule their respective areas.
00:50:05But their areas were also close to each other.
00:50:08After separating from the old group,
00:50:10Mr. T and Kinky Tail took over the north-central area of their old area.
00:50:18While the remaining four lions went to the west.
00:50:26To be honest, Mr. T and Kinky Tail were ruling that area.
00:50:33At first, we didn't like this either.
00:50:35But after what they did, we realized that these two were really lions.
00:50:40We knew these lions since childhood and we fell in love with them.
00:50:46Mr. T and Kinky Tail liked each other very much.
00:50:50There was also a great harmony between them.
00:50:54Both looked like brothers.
00:50:57After that incident, they did not face any other lion.
00:51:00Mr. T and Kinky Tail started to focus on their own children.
00:51:31If there is a strong team of lions who take care of the children,
00:51:36then the lionesses also consider themselves safe.
00:51:39Because those lions save their children from other lions.
00:51:52At that time, there were many children of lions there.
00:51:55And I think there were a total of 15 children in Ottawa and Shmoomy Pride.
00:52:01Even in many other prides, new children were born.
00:52:05And they lived in different areas of the Mapogo tribes.
00:52:09After the formation of this union, such peace had come for the first time.
00:52:13Along with that new peace, a new challenge also came up.
00:52:17That was their father.
00:52:20Lions usually do not behave gently with children.
00:52:24But Makhulu never got angry with those children.
00:52:27We have seen many times that children climb on his back,
00:52:31pull his shawl, but he always remained calm.
00:52:37To be a good father, it is not enough to just wave your hand on your child's head.
00:52:42He has to put a leash all over the area so that no intruders come.
00:52:57Lions guard and protect their territory.
00:53:02They adopt many ways to do this.
00:53:05Sometimes they bark.
00:53:13Sometimes they leave traces of smell.
00:53:18By doing this, they prove their presence.
00:53:27They do all this to warn other lions living in the area that
00:53:32this is my pride, this is my area, and if you try to enter it, it will not be good.
00:53:40In the western part of the Mapogo tribes, a lion was protecting the borders of his tribe with all his might.
00:53:57I had seen Makhulu far away from the rest of the Mapogos many times.
00:54:02Seeing him, I could guess that he was suffering for his area.
00:54:13Many times he would stay away from his companions for a week and then return to live with them.
00:54:27The biggest reason for this was that he had to guard a very large area.
00:54:32And he often did the work of guarding alone.
00:54:40Many times we had heard his roar and we knew his roar very well because he was completely different.
00:54:49I have never seen a lion like Makhulu.
00:54:53I have never heard a lion roaring like Makhulu.
00:55:01His roar was completely different.
00:55:04As a lion, his roar was very powerful.
00:55:08Most lions stop after roaring for 45 seconds to a minute.
00:55:13But he kept roaring.
00:55:23Roar!
00:55:25Roar!
00:55:27Roar!
00:55:29Roar!
00:55:31Roar!
00:55:33Roar!
00:55:35Roar!
00:55:37Roar!
00:55:39Roar!
00:55:42In 2010, four years had passed since the Mapogos invaded.
00:55:47Makhulu was guarding the borders of his area.
00:55:52And his work was easier than Mr. T and Kingky Tail, who were guarding their borders in the past.
00:55:59Most of their eastern border was connected to Kruger National Park.
00:56:04And there were many Banjara lions who wanted to take over their pride as well as Mr. T and Kingky Tail's area.
00:56:11Wherever there are Banjara lions or a large group of lions, there is always danger.
00:56:18Because they always want to take over other's pride.
00:56:22We have seen many times that some Banjara lions came to their area from Kruger.
00:56:27But every time, Mr. T and Kingky Tail chased them away from their area.
00:56:32They were like protectors.
00:56:35They often faced other lions as well.
00:56:37The other lions could only reach Makhulu and the other three lions when they escaped from Kingky Tail and Mr. T.
00:56:47For two years, Mr. T and Kingky Tail fought with the outsiders.
00:56:53And not only saved their area, but also their brothers who lived in the west.
00:57:08But they did not realize that a new alliance of five lions was being formed.
00:57:15Which we call Majingalang today.
00:57:17And it was slowly moving towards the south.
00:57:21Facing a single Banjara lion was one thing.
00:57:25But it was not so easy for Mr. T and Kingky Tail to deal with the alliance of five lions.
00:57:38Majingalang is a group of lions who are very big, strong, young and skilled in fighting.
00:57:51On 8th June, 2010, a group of five lions known as Majingalang entered the north eastern area of Sabi Sand.
00:58:01No one had seen such a large group in that area after the capture of the Mapogo brothers.
00:58:21It was not easy for a group of six lions to compete with the Mapogo.
00:58:26But now, only Mr. T and Kingky Tail were responsible for the security of the eastern border.
00:58:41But now, the Mapogo were less in numbers.
00:58:45The competition between the two brothers was with five lions.
00:58:48Since his name was Mr. T and Kingky Tail was with him,
00:58:51and both of them had never lost a battle before,
00:58:54so they were not ready to accept that they could not face these circumstances.
00:59:00But Majingalang is a group of very big, strong, young and skilled lions.
00:59:22Those young lions were moving very fast.
00:59:30It seemed that something was wrong.
00:59:36But I did not think that Mr. T would come and Kingky Tail would be behind him.
00:59:42Mr. T and Kingky Tail suddenly came in front of him and followed him for about 100 meters.
00:59:52After separating Majingalang's lion from the group, Mr. T and Kingky Tail attacked him.
00:59:59Mr. T grabbed his neck from behind and threw him on the ground.
01:00:04And Kingky Tail climbed directly on his leg.
01:00:06The sound of their roaring was heart-wrenching.
01:00:22Anyone would have got goosebumps.
01:00:26He attacked Mr. T on the face several times.
01:00:29I remember he was trying to answer, but the opposing lion had clenched Mr. T's ear
01:00:33as if he wanted to pull him out.
01:00:39But when he was doing all this, Kingky Tail was constantly biting his jaw and his hind legs.
01:00:51And he was also roaring.
01:00:54Kingky Tail was also roaring while attacking the other lion.
01:00:59He had clenched his enemy and he was roaring.
01:01:04I had never seen or heard such a sight before.
01:01:12I had never seen such anger, aggressive form and power before.
01:01:18Majingalang was also not ready to give up.
01:01:22He was also attacking in response.
01:01:25Two heavyweight lions were facing a middleweight lion and he lost.
01:01:28That day, we found out for the first time how a lion can make you feel pain.
01:01:44After seeing their fight, I had a mixed feeling in my heart.
01:01:49I was relieved that Kingky Tail or Mr. T did not suffer much in that deadly fight.
01:01:58Wounded Kingky Tail and Mr. T treated their wounds all day.
01:02:04While they had left Majingalang half dead on the roadside.
01:02:12Once again, they had protected their area.
01:02:16I had gone to see them that evening.
01:02:19He was licking his badly wounded paw.
01:02:22Maybe the enemy lion had bit his teeth in his paw.
01:02:46While having dinner at night, I heard the roar of the lion near the open area of the jungle and near the lodge.
01:02:55Suddenly, a ranger knocked on the door of my house and said,
01:02:59take your camera and come out quickly.
01:03:08Soon, Kareem found out whose roar it was.
01:03:13Majingalang was coming in and out.
01:03:17We followed the Majingalang lions till the roadside.
01:03:21And then I was thinking that no, this is not possible. They are going to fight again.
01:03:27It seemed that the Majingalang lions were coming to take revenge.
01:03:37They had made some distance from us and we had to run fast to get closer to them.
01:03:42At one place, we were a little behind them.
01:03:46We could see the clouds of dust and we could hear their roar and howl.
01:03:56Suddenly, a fierce fight started.
01:04:03We could not understand which one of them was from which tribe.
01:04:07When we got closer, we saw that he was a Mapogo.
01:04:13And the four Majingalang lions had seized him.
01:04:21We could not understand which one of them was from which tribe.
01:04:25When we got closer, we saw that he was a Mapogo.
01:04:30And the four Majingalang lions had seized him.
01:04:36We soon found out that they had seized Kinky Tail.
01:04:42He was badly injured, but he was trying his best to run.
01:04:56He was attacking in a very dangerous way.
01:04:59I had never seen such a violent attack before.
01:05:06Then he tore his skin and ran away.
01:05:10Then he tore his skin and ran away.
01:05:15One of the lions was attacking his genitalia, his soft underbelly.
01:05:23Suddenly, we heard a loud noise as if a bullet was fired.
01:05:29It was the sound of a broken back bone.
01:05:35A lot of blood.
01:05:40And after seeing that incident with our own eyes, we were shocked.
01:05:52That smell, that sound, that scene, it was going to make us shiver.
01:06:06But then, I don't know where Mr. T came from.
01:06:09He came out of nowhere and attacked a Majingalang from one side.
01:06:20Kinky Tail was badly injured.
01:06:23But Mr. T didn't stop his brother from saving him.
01:06:30He attacked two Majingalang lions.
01:06:34He was helping his brother, but he knew that he wouldn't be able to do anything.
01:06:40Then he pressed his tail and ran away.
01:06:46The two lions who had held Kinky Tail were still licking him.
01:06:54Then they left him and ran after his brother, Mr. T.
01:06:57When Mr. T was caught, he was in the same state as his brother.
01:07:07Kinky Tail was breathing heavily.
01:07:11No one was saying anything.
01:07:13There was a terrible silence there.
01:07:21Mr. T was still alive.
01:07:22There was silence everywhere.
01:07:29We wanted to save that lion, but we couldn't do anything.
01:07:33Because we couldn't get involved in their fight.
01:07:36We couldn't do anything there.
01:07:42Mr. T managed to escape from there.
01:07:45But the Majingalang lions came back to finish their unfinished work.
01:07:53At least 10 minutes before reaching there, we heard their return call.
01:07:58Then we saw them coming at a distance.
01:08:03They understood that they had overpowered him and he was injured.
01:08:08He can't recover so soon and they have no danger from him.
01:08:12They can finish him there.
01:08:22At that time, we understood that no one could save Kinky Tail.
01:08:26His death was inevitable.
01:08:31Seeing Kinky Tail in that condition was the worst experience of my life.
01:08:37It was the worst experience of my life.
01:08:51The most difficult thing for me was to see those rangers' reaction.
01:08:56They were very sad.
01:08:59That incident had a very deep impact on their hearts.
01:09:05I heard the news of Kinky Tail's death in the evening.
01:09:09I cried a lot.
01:09:12He was my favorite lion.
01:09:16I used to like him a lot.
01:09:19His death shook me.
01:09:21The next morning, I heard this news on the radio.
01:09:25Everyone was in deep shock.
01:09:28No one could believe it.
01:09:29At that time, many people shed tears.
01:09:54The next morning, we left the lodge.
01:09:56We wanted to know what had happened last night.
01:10:02What we saw there was a shocking sight.
01:10:12We saw a woodpecker and two black-buck crows
01:10:17cleaning the body of Kinky Tail.
01:10:19They were killing him.
01:10:34He was dead.
01:10:36Only the bones of such a beautiful and majestic lion were left.
01:10:39He was dead.
01:10:45The saddest thing for me was to see a black-buck crow
01:10:50running away with the remains of a beautiful lion.
01:10:55After that, Kinky Tail was gone forever.
01:11:14After his brother's death,
01:11:16the injured Mr. T was seen heading west.
01:11:21Mr. T had accepted that he couldn't do anything.
01:11:23He couldn't rule that area.
01:11:25He couldn't protect that area.
01:11:32Mr. T had understood that his biggest ally,
01:11:36his brother, his friend,
01:11:38the one who could do anything for him,
01:11:40was no more.
01:11:42He had also realized that
01:11:44he couldn't rule that area alone.
01:11:48Mr. T had decided that
01:11:50he would go back to his old gang members.
01:11:59We didn't see Mr. T for about two years.
01:12:02One morning, he was standing 80-100 meters away from us.
01:12:06He was looking at his gang members from a distance.
01:12:12Makhulu and his friends from the western gang
01:12:15had become fathers.
01:12:17They had to protect their children.
01:12:18Makhulu knew very well
01:12:20that what would happen
01:12:22if an outsider lion came to his area.
01:12:25Even though Mr. T was once like his brother,
01:12:29now he was just an intruder.
01:12:37Mr. T somehow managed to escape from the lions.
01:12:41Those lions who had killed his brother, Kinky Tail.
01:12:44They had captured his old area.
01:12:48Now, he was going towards the west
01:12:51where Makhulu and his remaining Mapogo gang members ruled.
01:13:00Because of Mr. T,
01:13:02Sabi Sand's biggest gang was broken.
01:13:08Now, what would happen to his brothers on his return?
01:13:12Makhulu and his Mapogo gang members
01:13:15were not happy with Mr. T's return.
01:13:19But the remaining three Mapogo gang members
01:13:22had accepted him.
01:13:31It was a good thing
01:13:33that even after so many days,
01:13:35his four old gang members
01:13:37had accepted his return.
01:13:43The field guide was very happy
01:13:45that Mr. T was accepted without any bloodshed.
01:13:54But Mr. T was Mr. T.
01:13:59He was neither his bride
01:14:01nor his child.
01:14:02He was neither his bride
01:14:04nor his child.
01:14:08We thought that Mr. T would also accept his gang members.
01:14:12But he didn't.
01:14:18None of us had any idea
01:14:21what was going to happen next.
01:14:24And we were not ready for it.
01:14:33After a few days,
01:14:35he started beating up the gang members.
01:14:48He was always in the gang members' custody.
01:14:51And as soon as he saw a child,
01:14:53he would beat him up and eat him up.
01:14:56He was always in the gang members' custody.
01:14:59And as soon as he saw a child,
01:15:00he would beat him up and eat him up.
01:15:30And as soon as he saw a child,
01:15:32he would beat him up and eat him up.
01:15:36The most interesting thing was that
01:15:38the other members of the gang
01:15:40were not paying attention to him.
01:15:51Most of them were Mr. T's nephews or nieces.
01:15:56But his brothers were not even trying
01:15:58to stop him from killing him.
01:16:01But his brothers were not even trying
01:16:03to stop him from killing him.
01:16:05Mr. T wanted to capture him
01:16:07and live with the Shermis who lived with him.
01:16:10But the children of the gang
01:16:12were getting in his way.
01:16:14So he started beating them up very mercilessly.
01:16:19Now the power in the West had changed.
01:16:22Mr. T had become a new king.
01:16:31Mr. T had become a new king.
01:16:37Mr. T had come back once again.
01:16:40And after killing the children,
01:16:42he had again made his den.
01:16:44And after that, we had no idea
01:16:46what was going to happen next.
01:16:48But I think everyone had the same feeling
01:16:50that something bad was going to happen.
01:16:51But I think everyone had the same feeling
01:16:53that something bad was going to happen.
01:16:59In the next two years,
01:17:01the Majinglani Shero
01:17:03had captured the entire area
01:17:05near Mapogo.
01:17:07The intruders had captured
01:17:09most of Mr. T and Kinky Tail's areas
01:17:11and their pride.
01:17:13And had killed all of their children.
01:17:22For many days, the war was on.
01:17:25But during this time,
01:17:27the fate of this gang was bad.
01:17:29Because now Pretty Boy and Rasta were also missing.
01:17:32Everyone thought
01:17:34that the Majinglani Shero had killed them.
01:17:39There was a time
01:17:41when this powerful Mapogo gang
01:17:43was ruling Sabi Sand.
01:17:45But now their identity
01:17:47was about to be destroyed.
01:17:49Now only three Mapogos were left.
01:17:55Makhulu
01:17:57and Mr. T.
01:18:01Only Scar was left.
01:18:07For six years, the Mapogo gang
01:18:09had ruled Sabi Sand.
01:18:15In the jungles,
01:18:16the Shero can survive
01:18:18up to 12 years.
01:18:23Mr. T was 10 years old
01:18:25and Scar was 12 years old.
01:18:27So Makhulu was 14 years old.
01:18:32He was growing old.
01:18:34The intruders were raising their heads.
01:18:37He was about to die.
01:18:46On 16th March, 2012,
01:18:49another gang of five Shero
01:18:51entered the area of the Mapogo gang
01:18:53from the south.
01:18:55The name of the gang was
01:18:57Silatis.
01:19:03One morning,
01:19:05we were going somewhere.
01:19:07Then we stopped our car
01:19:09and heard a voice.
01:19:11We heard a roar
01:19:13coming from about 100 meters away.
01:19:16Then we moved forward
01:19:18with the help of our marks.
01:19:21It was clear that
01:19:23Silatis were actually
01:19:25Mapogo gang members.
01:19:28They were young and strong.
01:19:30They were still young
01:19:32so they were ready to fight anyone.
01:19:39They had separated one Mapogo
01:19:41from the rest.
01:19:43But we didn't know
01:19:44what was going to happen.
01:19:48It was going to be very difficult
01:19:50for an old Shero
01:19:52to face such young Shero.
01:19:55But despite this,
01:19:57one Mapogo did not stop
01:19:59protecting his area.
01:20:06By the time I reached the scene,
01:20:09Mr. T had already been attacked.
01:20:14The last Mapogo
01:20:17was fighting to save his life
01:20:19and he was alone.
01:20:26He had a deep wound
01:20:28on his spine.
01:20:32Just above his hind legs
01:20:34and just below his hind legs
01:20:36his entire body
01:20:38was paralyzed.
01:20:40Because of this,
01:20:42the four Shero
01:20:44who were moving towards him
01:20:46could easily
01:20:48hunt him down.
01:21:02They were playing
01:21:04a very clever strategy
01:21:06to kill him.
01:21:07One of them
01:21:09would attack him
01:21:11from behind.
01:21:14They knocked him down
01:21:16and for 15-20 seconds
01:21:18they kept on
01:21:20pinching him.
01:21:30Then they stopped
01:21:32and left.
01:21:38But after a while
01:21:40they came back
01:21:42and once again
01:21:44the same murderous game
01:21:46started.
01:21:48Mr. T was fighting
01:21:50to save his life at that time.
01:21:57Mr. T was fighting
01:21:59to save his life at that time.
01:22:01Mr. T was fighting
01:22:03to save his life at that time.
01:22:05Mr. T was fighting
01:22:07to save his life at that time.
01:22:15I remember
01:22:17he was looking at me.
01:22:20The way he was fighting
01:22:22those Shero
01:22:24and despite being badly injured
01:22:26to save his life
01:22:28the way he was fighting
01:22:30those Shero
01:22:32that tells us
01:22:34how brave
01:22:35those Shero were.
01:22:38The four Shero
01:22:40who attacked Mr. T
01:22:42were shouting.
01:22:44It was a sign of their capture.
01:22:46They had now
01:22:48declared their claim
01:22:50and were telling the world
01:22:52that the area is now theirs.
01:22:54They are the kings here.
01:22:55They are the kings here.
01:22:57They are the kings here.
01:22:59They are the kings here.
01:23:01We will be kings too tomorrow.
01:23:03They will be kings too tomorrow.
01:23:05We will be kings too tomorrow.
01:23:07We will be kings too tomorrow.
01:23:09We keep on fighting
01:23:11to come back home.
01:23:13We keep on shooting
01:23:15to come home.
01:23:17Yes, we'll eventually become kings.
01:23:19Two days later
01:23:21after winning the艺
01:23:23in the STAR
01:23:25His head hit the wall, his legs were bent forward, and his hind legs were useless.
01:23:37He couldn't get up from those wounds.
01:23:39It was the last day of Mr. T's life, and he was destined to die that day.
01:23:43I was standing there with my brother, and we saw him taking his last breath.
01:24:01Seeing an era end like this, anyone's soul will tremble.
01:24:05And I just pray that we never get to see such a sight again.
01:24:13Mapo was very saddened by the end of his friends' story.
01:24:27I believe that Mr. T lived like a lion, and his death was like a brave lion.
01:24:35To protect his area, he went beyond his limits.
01:24:38And in the end, he was killed while protecting it.
01:24:42The Mapo brothers ruled for six years.
01:24:45And no one had seen such a massacre as they did in their time.
01:24:51But unfortunately, their end was also very cruel.
01:24:59Makhulu and Skaar were the last remaining Mapo.
01:25:05They were now quite old, and surrounded by enemies from all sides.
01:25:11There was only one way out.
01:25:13They had to leave Savi Sand.
01:25:24The Mapo brothers will never be seen there again.
01:25:31But for the coming generations, there is still hope.
01:25:41The Mapo brothers' children are still alive.
01:25:43And they live with pride.
01:25:45Three of them are great lionesses, and two of them are young lions.
01:25:53I just want their father, Makhulu Mapogo, to live with them for a few more months.
01:26:02The truth is that only his children were saved from Mr. T's massacre.
01:26:07And I think, God had done justice here.
01:26:13I have heard so much about the Mapo brothers.
01:26:16I can only say that they were a very different kind of lion.
01:26:22Even though, as humans, we find their behavior to be ferocious.
01:26:27But the truth is that they were the best lions.
01:26:32The six Mapo brothers did what lions have to do to survive in the jungle.
01:26:37And they did this to their children as well.
01:26:41But their children went even further.
01:26:43They adopted new methods to conquer new territories.
01:26:47And for that, no one had ever seen so much violence in Savi Sand as they did.
01:26:59There is also a dark side to the life of a lion.
01:27:02And you rarely get to see it.
01:27:04They are lovable, magnificent.
01:27:07Their life is royal.
01:27:09But it is extremely difficult, full of dangers.
01:27:14But the Mapogo brothers showed us what a real lion is.
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