All language subtitles for לתרגם

The documentary is about a
Mapogo lion living in Sabi, South Africa .

Additional material has been used
to illustrate the behavior of lions .

The program can shock the
most sensitive viewers.

The filmmakers and guides followed the
lion family for 16 years.

Their male offspring were
later known as "mapogos".

group testified
unusual behavior -

41,530 when the Mapogs launched a campaign
to expand their scope.

massacre started when they
took over their first territory.

Six males took more land
than any lion before them.

They work brutally.

They destroyed all that threatened their power.

estimate that they killed
more than a hundred lions a year.

Mapogs were unprecedentedly
aggressive and violent.

Their story reveals a rarely
seen the dark side of lions -

as well as their continuous struggle
for survival.

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in Sabi Sand Animal Reserve is
Kruger National Park next door.

More than twice the size of Yellowstone's
Kruger is rich in animals.

They have a direct
route from there to Sabi Sand.

There is so much prey
that the area is perfect for the lion.

Here the filmmakers have been watching for
over 10 years -

Mapogo Lions
have seen a spectacular rise to power.

Sparta herd has
lived in the middle of Sabi Sand for decades .

In 2002,
there were ten puppies in the herd .

There were five males among them.

They had no names as puppies -

but later they were known by the names,
Scar ...

... Pretty Boy, Rasta ...

... Kinky Tail and Mr. T.

I was with the
lions of Sabi Sand during their puppy time.

I remember well the Sparta herd
that had so many puppies.

Five of them were males.

It's often very clear that some
puppies are braver than others -

and others a little more curious.

They are more likely to try
new things and prey on new things.

Others are more shy
and follow the events from the sidelines.

Two of the young people stood out.
The other was a leader and adventurous.

Her brother always followed her.

They clearly started working together
very early on.

Those two were Mr. T and Kinky Tail.

It wasn't
just the strong bond between their brothers that separated their brothers .

Those two were special.

It could be noticed early on.

The herd once
caught the buffalo.

One of the big males, the father of the Mapogs -

had taken the carcass .

A small young man devouring carrion -

quickly and quietly in
the big male's watching.

His behavior was really frightening.
Puppies usually don't.

It could have gotten
quite a bit of clapping from a male .

It happened in the beginning,
but judging by the behavior -

puppy was either Mr. T or Kinky Tail
as they were later known .

Those who were lucky enough to follow the mapogs in their
puppies -

may have noticed that
these lions would still be heard.

As long as the five males stay
together, they will do great things.

Just one of eight male puppies
live to adulthood.

If a puppy is born to a healthy herd -

protected by a bunch of strong males -

puppies have the best chance of
surviving their first year.

word "herd" we refer to females.

Females live in the same
area all their lives -

and their daughters are often
related to the same herd.

A large and strong herd can
last for decades.

Males, on the other hand, form alliances
with mere males.

male often changes his life and
can end up far from his birthplace.

Mapogo Fathers formed a
great alliance.

They were West Street Males.
They dominated a couple of herds.

I remember they were good fathers.
Very patient.

lion has the idea
that they just lie down -

mating
and stealing food from females.

In reality, males
play a very serious and important role in the herd .

They patrol the guard
and defend puppies and females.

Females are
vital to the social structure of the herd .

males come and go, but the
females stay in the area for years.

It keeps the
social structure of the lion herds stable.

The lion is one of the few
cats in the herd.

They get along better
when they work together.

Nothing works as well as a
healthy, cooperating herd.

There were ten puppies in the Sparta herd,
which included five mapogos.

That big herd had to prey on
big animals.

Sparta females and the West Street boys
took their prey to a new level.

Males play a very important role in
killing big prey.

They help the herd kill
big and dangerous animals.

Giraffes are very dangerous,
partly because of their size.

giraffe can kill a lion with a single
kick, but the risk is worth it.

If females attack a large animal
, males must follow.

So did the West Street Males.

A mature giraffe male
can weigh almost 1300 kg.

Sparta herd has enough food for
days.

a place like Sabi Sand,
there is danger hanging around every corner.

While Mr. T and Kinky Tail
were still puppies -

the rise
of the mighty mapogs was almost to end tragically.

in 2003 -

Mr. T, Kinky Tail, Rasta,
Pretty Boy and Scar -

were between 6 and 18 months old.

They were born into a strong family
protected by powerful males.

Their emotions, the Sparta herd,
were superior predators.

They stay along the river
and are often targeted.

39,010 A big buffalo male weighs more than 900 pounds -

6 times more than a female lion.
It is 4 times larger than a male lion.

With their big, curved horns, they
can severely wound the lion.

It's really exciting
to see a lion prey on a buffalo.

Often, a
lion can be just as harmed.

Preferably they would only chase one
buffalo but one is loud.

It makes a loud noise
that others will help.

Other buffaloes go up to the lions -

when they hold the prey in place.

Imagine what happens
when the whole buffalo herd arrives.

They weigh thousands of pounds
and are really furious.

They run like lions
like a front of horror.

I have seen full-grown lion
Rotating twice in the air.

To learn how to prey on
big animals despite the danger -

young mapogos must be
involved.

Puppies learn very important
things by following their prey.

They learn to prey on bigger
animals and they become stronger.

The herd often took puppies with her.
They went close behind the adults.

As is often the case,
buffaloes started chasing lions.

The adult members of the herd
tried to escape -

but the young mapogos and their siblings
remained in the midst of angry buffaloes.

They scattered
like pins in front of the ball.

Lions ran everywhere.

lions were pretty much chased.
The puppies were in the midst of disarray.

Buffaloes are looking for puppies in the bushes to
toss and stab them.

They attack with their horns, but they
usually trample on the lions -

and kill them that way.

It was sad when some of the Sparta herd
puppies lost their lives.

killed
some of the lion in the herd.

Five mapogons managed to escape.

Fate seemed to
have plans for them.

If the puppies hadn't survived, the
Mapogo alliance would not have come.

Mr. T, Kinky Tail, Rasta,
Scar and Pretty Boy -

had survived their
first year.

new danger was
already close.

In 2003, an unknown male entered the
Sparta Herd territory.

It's an extremely dangerous situation
for young puppies.

When a male takes over the territory,
he kills every puppy.

Young mapogos were lucky.

Contrary to all expectations, the
intruder didn't kill the brothers.

The new male also got his life.

In fact, it was accepted into the herd.

This seems to be the
first documented case.

Normally it would have been killed
or thrown away -

but somehow it remained submissive
or just accepted quickly.

Probably
the half-brother of five young lions.

It was
about four years old when he came into the herd .

Fathers would only tolerate it if it
was their own son from a nearby herd.

Vuoden kuluessa Makhulusta tuli
a full member of the herd -

and big brother
now to the mapog of adolescence.

That same year, Guides found that
Mr. T's and Kinky Tailin strong bond -

which was formed already during the puppy -

was even stronger now.
They were inseparable.

Mr. T was more dominant, and Kinky
Tail was clearly his right hand.

It would support Mr. T in
all situations.

Kinky Tail was her twin pair.

It was always there
when Mr. T needed it.

There was an incredible bond between them.

They were happy to be together.
It was special.

lion's flock,
it doesn't take long for young males to rest .

When
they reach sexual maturity, they have to leave the herd -

and meet the world alone.

2004 young mapogos with two years
older Makhulu -

were driven away from the herd by
their fathers.

10,170 As wandering males they had
to get along without any help.

They preyed alone
without their own territory -

or the herd and the females. They were also
threatened by dominant males.

There are more
male lions dying during their hike than ever before.

They had come to the point
where they had to make their own way.

They only had each other,
but there were six.

That was their main advantage in life.

staying together, these six males
could survive.

That's how the Mapogo Alliance was formed.

It would take a long time before they were
big enough, strong and confident -

to take your own territory.

At first it was difficult to separate them
because the brushes were just starting to grow.

brushes grew over time. First
it was received by the elder Makhulu.

It was a really big lion.

It had a beautiful black brush.
It was a great animal.

One was called Pretty Boy.

You see, it was incredibly good looking.

One of the males had a scar.

It extended from the left hip to the
back.

Then there was Rasta, or Dreadlock.

There was something stuck to its brush
and it looked like a dash.

Mr. T.

It had an Iroquois brush.

Then there was Kinky Tail.

They were six mapogos.

"Mapogo" is Swazi and means a
group that works together.

We didn't realize it back then,
but that's what they did.

Young males have two problems.
They are young and therefore stupid -

and males and therefore clumsy.

So it's very difficult for them to
kill their first prey.

They had never killed a
big prey alone.

Killing the prey was the
first challenge to survive.

Over the next few months
they honed their prey skills -

and gained confidence in
prey on big animals.

Even though there were
six lions in the alliance , it took time.

Often they act opportunistically
and ate carrion whenever they could.

Often they drove off females
to suddenly fill their stomachs.

everywhere there were
watchful dominant males.

So the mapogos sometimes got in the
way.

Eventually, the mapogos became
big game predators destined for their destiny .

They mostly chose buffalo -

but they also preyed
hippos ...

... young rhinos ...

... and like his father before them,
they even killed giraffes.

was unique about them was
that they were preying on a group.

Kinky Tail was like a fox terrier.
It went with everything.

It was more like a brute
who did the hard work.

Often Makhulu was the one
who planned the excursions -

and went ahead.
It almost steered the show.

Kinky Tail did a heavy
job in the attack and caught the buffalo.

Mr. T and Kinky Tail were always
at the center of what happened.

They were more aggressive
when it came time to kill.

They succeeded and
got stronger because they learned to kill buffalo.

One of them started to take on a lioness
to the extremes of their behavior.

Often when they ate their prey,
Mr. T was the most aggressive of them.

It always challenged the dispute.

It fought with its own brothers.

It didn't hesitate at all.

Mr. T was the youngest, but still trying to
control the alliance.

However, something was in the way.

Of the Mapogs, Makhulu had the darkest
brush and was the dominant male.

Dark-bred males dominate.
They have more testosterone.

When two males compete with each other -

dark bristle usually wins the
light bristle.

At first, Makhulu was the dominant male.

It was the boss.
It showed the cabinet space to others.

Mr. T should wait for his turn.

Under the leadership of Makhulu, the youth
had become a self-assured killer.

The alliance was ready
to take over its own territory.

We knew there would be changes,
but we didn't expect that violence.

Predator attacks can shock
sensitive viewers.

Mapogs were finally ready to
conquer their first territory.

In 2006
, the five brothers led by Makhulu -

Pretty Boy, Scar, Rasta, Kinky Tail
and Mr. T started a terrible time -

like never seen before
Sabi Sandissa.

For most instructors, the
alliance of six males was unprecedented.

I remember the
first time I saw them together.

They came to the lake in the morning to
drink water.

I saw them coming and coming close.

They took turns drinking.

They all drank in line.

Incredible. It's still
one of my most iconic pictures.

Unbelievable there were six of them.
It was unprecedented.

almost unnatural.

alliances, size matters.

At least three males are needed
to take control of the territory.

Six Lions alliance
is really big.

Mapogs would get their own territory
just by taking it by force.

The first blow would be the most important.

In 2006, the mapogs arrived in the
northern part of Sabi Sand.

It was led by four ruling males.

Usually lions arrive quietly.
They were not interested in such.

They made noises and screamed.

They meant a territory
from the beginning.

The males of the north tried to defend their
land and their herd.

But the Mapogs were too strong.

They
only needed to kill one of the four males.

The other three fled.
They didn't dare to stay.

They had no chance.

Mapogs finally had
their own significant territory.

From there, they spread out with their
new confidence.

massacre began when they
took over their first territory.

Then they knew
they had no opponents.

Over the next year they challenged
all the alpha males they encountered.

When a male knows he is down,
he escapes.

That's what they did.
If they were caught, they would die.

Like six Gunners
taxing our lion population.

They became more self-confident and
expelled males all the way to Kruger.

Their scope became really wide.

The expulsion of an alpha male is only the
first step in conquering the territory.

We were worried.
Herds had young puppies.

We had seen the puppies born
and they started to stand out as individuals.

Then the mapogos came.

When a new male takes over a flock,
young puppies are in great danger.

There is no need for males to
become fathers -

and use resources to
raise a foreign puppy.

enormous male in the rabbit
kills all the puppies.

If a female tries too much to
defend her puppies, she too dies.

females reacted quickly to signs of
new males on the territory.

They gather around the puppies
and try to keep the males at bay.

If the puppies are older, the female can
take them away to avoid a fight.

When the puppies can't walk
far, it's easier to face the threat.

I followed the Ottawa herd with
three females and 11 puppies.

Mapogos had
just tracked down that herd.

It led to a battle with the herd.

It's quite merciless.
Females try to protect their puppies.

The aggression of males
is on another level.

Females can protect their puppies
until death.

The fight was quite vigorous.
They were fighting around Land Rover.

I thought one of the females would get
the males to run over the car.

Every time the Mapogs started
killing puppies ...

... the females tried to stop it,
but the Mapogs were too strong.

The raging lion male has only
one job:killing the puppies.

females had no chance.

defense was broken.

Ottawa puppies were
no longer protected .

When there are a group of six behind, -

slow little ones
are hard to hide.

So they all gradually
got caught.

All 11 puppies in the Ottawa herd
were killed.

It's heartbreaking
to see males kill their puppies.

It's difficult, even as a biologist
I know it's related to evolution.

After losing their puppies, the females come in
heat to get new ones.

That's what the Mapogs needed
to continue their own family.

Within three months the mapogos had
killed and eaten all the puppies.

Especially Mr. T and Kinky Tail were
particularly bloodthirsty -

looking for and killing puppies.

A quarter of the
dying puppies in their first year -

are killed by male lions.

It's a natural part of taking over the
herd.

By all we heard,
Mr. T was the most relentless of the lion.

Normally the violence ends up killing the
puppies -

but the Mapogo alliance
was anything but normal.

Because the males of the Ottawa herd
were gone and puppies dead -

females would soon become
fertile again .

Mapogos were getting to their best
age and exuding testosterone.

The competition for reproductive rights
was fierce.

They even killed the horny females
who agreed to mate.

They couldn't decide,
so they tear the females to pieces.

First I saw Mr. T,
who had bitten his back.

Then they started choking it.

about 10 to 15 minutes, the
female was dead.

After that Mr. T ate it.

The way the Mapogos kill the females
sounds quite unusual.

They killed the females they
mated with and intended to breed .

That is something I have never encountered in nature.

For the next year, they captured a
herd after another -

killing every threatening lion.

None of us are sure how
many lions they eventually killed.

had shrunk
because of them.

We estimate that they killed over a hundred
other lions in one year.

number is alarming.

During the Mapog era, no
lion of Sabi Sand was safe.

Mapogs seemed invincible.

The only threat to their power
now came from within the Alliance.

The worst fight I saw
was between Mr. T and Makhulu.

By 2008, the mapogos had
replaced several alpha males -

and conquered a huge area.

The area was so wide that it was
previously divided into over five different territories.

It was the first
alliance we knew that had such a large area.

It consisted of most of the 70,000
hectares of Sabi Sand.

57,130 In acres, it's over 160,000 -

seven times the size of Manhattan.

a place like Sabi Sand
where there's plenty of prey ...

... and water
and there are a lot of competing lions -

there are usually
smaller and more intense territories.

26,530 The power of the Mapogs is that they
conquered almost all Sabi Sand.

All the contestants were now gone,
and the mapogos led the eight hordes.

They were undoubtedly the
kings of Sabi Sand.

that wasn't enough for everyone.

We usually like the alliance
as a trouble-free unit -

as if
there were no conflicts within the group.

A couple of males dominate and others have to
decide what they want.

serve dominant males
or do you split into two groups?

Mr. T and Kinky Tail didn't serve
anyone. They wanted to rule.

But there was
one lion in their path .

Makhulu was clearly the leader of the group.
It was the boss.

The worst fight I saw
was between Mr. T and Makhulu.

Mr. T stayed second.

Makhulu got a hold of his leg
and Mr. T was wounded.

That may have been one reason why
two out of four went away.

Most guides first saw the
alliance of the six lions -

and the division of the coalition into two
was unprecedented.

That's exactly what happened
in 2008.

Mr. T and Kinky Tail were
in their best age when they were 6 -

I had never seen
an alliance split -

into two different alliances in
adjacent areas.

Mr. T and Kinky Tail dominated
the northern central area.

The other four ruled the west.

I was placed in an
area controlled by Kinky Tail and Mr. T.

At first we hated their cruelty,
but they became our males.

We knew them and loved them.

Mr. T and Kinky Tail were clearly
happy to be with each other.

They were clearly brothers.

From that time on,
we rarely saw other boys.

They still met every now and then,
but they had different territories.

Mr. T and Kinky Tail were now able to
focus on getting offspring.

Females are safe
when puppies are guarded by a strong alliance -

that prevents others from killing puppies.
It makes life easier for females.

There were quite a few puppies,
at least fifteen.

They belonged to the
herds of Ottawa and Ximhungwe.

Many of the herds and their litters filled
out the separate areas of the mapogs.

It was the quietest time
since the alliance was formed.

Peace brought a new challenge:

father.

Males usually don't tolerate puppies,
but Makhulu was the most patient.

Puppies often climbed on it
and pulled its brush. It tolerated it.

good father is not enough
just clapping your head.

The males must patrol the area
and keep the strangers at bay.

males patrol their
territory to protect.

They use different methods.
They are screaming.

They use odor marks .

They circulate on their territory
to appear to be present.

They show the other males that they have a
herd and a fence.

If somebody comes in there will be a fight.

In the western territory of the Mapogues
, one lion in particular took
responsibility for
protecting the borders of the Alliance.

Makhulu was often far from the rest.
It was alone.

It may have been a week away
and then back to others.

It had such a wide area
and handled most patrols.

We often heard it scream.
It had a very recognizable voice.

I've never heard anything like that.

It had one of the strangest, but
also most incredible, voices.

Most lions scream for about a
minute and then take a break.

Makhulu just kept going.

In 2010, four years had passed since the
first conquest.

Makhulu defended his boundaries in a
spectacular way.

Mr. T and Kinky Tail's defense work
in the East was much more difficult.

Their entire eastern boundary was enclosed in a
huge Kruger National Park.

There were frequent males wandering the
fraternity.

There is always something threatening.

Either a lone male or an alliance
that wants to take on a herd.

Kruger became a number of
young migrating lions -

and
they were always driven by Mr. T and Kinky Tail .

They defended the whole area.
They accepted all the attacks.

Other lions grabbed Makhulun
and three nephews over to -

just Mr. T's and Kinky Tailin over.

Mr. T and Kinky Tail expelled the
intruders for two years -

protecting their own
territory and that of their brothers in the West.

They didn't know about the
alliance of the five males , the majors -

who were slowly approaching the south.

Lonely males
it was easy to expel -

but the alliance
of five males was a very different challenge.

Majingilets were big, young and
strong and they could fight.

Predator attacks can shock
sensitive viewers.

On June 8, 2010
, the alliance of five males, majingilanet -

arrived in northeastern Sabi Sand.

After the Mapogs, nobody was there
have seen such a strong group in the area.

As a
whole, the Mapogs were invincible.

After the split , Mr. T and Kinky
Tail defended their territory alone.

Now it was the mapog's turn to
be down.

They were two against five.

Mr. T and Kinky Tail always won,
so they weren't on guard.

Majingilets were big, young and
strong, and they could fight.

I didn't know what to expect
and what would happen. I was scared.

A young male lion ran across the road.

Something was clearly wrong.

I didn't expect to see Mr. T
and Kinky Thai right on his heels.

They came out of nowhere and chased the
guests about 100 meters.

They had isolated
one of the intruders and attacked.

Mr. T grabbed it by the neck
and turned it around.

Kinky Tail immediately grabbed his groin.

There was a scream
and some of the harshest noises.

It was a hair- giving sight.

Mr. T got several scratches
on his face.

When it turned on,
a young male grabbed his ear.

Mr. T shook it off
and almost lost his ear.

At the same time, Kinky Tail was
tearing the groin and hind legs.

Kinky Tail was screaming while shaking.

It screamed
even though it had a mouth full of lions.

I've never seen
or heard anything like that.

I've never witnessed such
anger, aggression and power.

Majingilane didn't give up.

It just fought back.

It took a battle against
two of its stronger ones .

We know what it sounds like
when a male lion screams ...

... pain.

I left the place with mixed feelings.

I was very relieved when Mr. T
and Kinky Tail got less.

Kinky Tail and Mr. T spent the day healing their
wounds -

while the
majing was left to die.

Mapogs had once again
defended the Alliance territory.

I came back in the evening. Kinky Tail
licked his wounded paw.

guess the teeth had pierced the paw.

Later I heard a roar
around the cabin .

Suddenly one of the guards came in and
said, "Take your camera and come along."

soon Karin found the source of the sound.

Majingilets were on the move.

We followed them down the road.

I couldn't believe
it would happen again.

It was as if the
majestic queens were coming for revenge.

rushed after them.

We drove through a small valley,
and when we got out of there ...

We saw a cloud of dust
and heard roars and growls.

A huge war broke out.

We didn't know who was who.

we got close we saw
that there was one of the mapogos.

There were four majing lilies on it.

It soon became clear that the
lion printed on the ground was Kinky Tail.

wounded, he tried to strive.

The intruders were brutal. I've
never seen anything so cruel.

They were trying to rip it to pieces.

One rubbed the
genitals and soft stomach between the hind legs .

Suddenly
there was a sound like the rifle's barrel.

We heard how your back was broken.

There was a lot of blood.

It's a lot sharper
when you see it up close.

smell, the sounds, the whole sight ...
It's a crushing experience.

Suddenly Mr. T appeared out of nowhere
and attacked one majingian.

Kinky Tail is about to die, but
Mr. T is trying to save his brother.

It fights two males.

He tried to help his brother, but he
knew he couldn't do anything.

It ran away between her legs.

Two Kinky Tail-lioning
lions let it go.

They followed their brothers
and chased Mr. T.

If Mr. T got caught,
his brother's fate would wait.

Kinky Tail was breathing heavily.

Nobody said anything.
Could have heard the needle drop.

We would like to save the animals, but
they must not interfere in their lives.

Nothing can be done.

Mr. T managed to escape.

Majingilets came back
to finish their work.

We heard them for 10 minutes before
they arrived. We saw them on the road.

There were more of them
and Kinky Tail was wounded.

It could no longer retreat to healing
and would no longer be a threat.

They would stop it.

We knew then that
Kinky Tail's fate was sealed.

When we saw Kinky Tail
ripped to pieces ...

... it was probably the
most awful moment of my life.

One of the hardest things was
seeing the guards react.

They were sad.

They experienced it in a more
emotional way.

I heard about Kinky Tail's death
that night -

and cried.
It was my favorite among the lions.

I liked it a lot
and I was shocked.

I told the others the
next morning on the radio.

There was a silence that followed.

Nobody wanted to believe it.

Many people would cry.

The next morning, we set out
to study the night's events.

We made a
shocking scene at the scene .

We saw hyena and two
diapers hanging over Kinky Thai.

It was gone. Such a great and proud
lion. Nothing was left.

was my feeling that caught my emotion the most ...

jacket ran off before with such a
majestic male brush.

That was the last thing
I saw about Kinky Tail.

Shortly after his brother died,
Mr. T was seen heading west.

Mr. T decided
he would no longer do this alone.

It couldn't hold its own.

Mr. T knew he had lost his
closest companion:

brother and friend who always
did anything for it.

It sure did
have lost their territory.

Mr. T followed his instinct and returned
to his alliance with his brothers.

We hadn't seen it in 2 years.

That morning we saw it
about 80-100 meters away.

It was just watching others.

Makhulu and the Western Alliance
now had puppies to protect.

Makhulu knew what could happen
when another male appears on the scene.

Once upon a time, Mr. T was like a brother to him.
Now it was an intruder.

Predator attacks can shock
sensitive viewers.

Mr. T escaped from the
Majingilane Alliance.

They tore Kinky Tail into pieces
and captured the brothers' territory.

Now it was heading west -

where Makhulu and the rest of the Mapogs were
still ruling.

Mr. T had broken up the strongest
union that ever ruled Sabi Sand.

How would you deal with its return?

Makhulu was not happy about
Mr. T's return.

other mapogos accepted it.

It was significant that she was allowed to return to
others after a long time.

Guides became easier when Mr. T
was approved without any bloodshed.

However, Mr. T was Mr. T.

These were not herds
or her puppies.

We thought it would be accepted by other
puppies, but it didn't.

Nobody could even imagine
what would happen.

Nobody could expect it.

Only a few days later
it started to slaughter puppies.

It started looking for alliance puppies
and killed and ate them.

Interestingly,
other males did nothing.

Many of the puppies were
Mr. T's nieces and nephews -

but its brothers did not try to
prevent bloodshed.

Mr. T was going to conquer herds
and mate with females -

and the puppies were on the way.

So it brutally followed
his natural instinct.

Power had changed in the west.

Mr. T was the new king.

When it came back and killed the puppies, we
did n't know what would happen.

Most people had
negative feelings about it.

Over the next two years the majingilets -

gradually conquered the
mapog areas.

intruders took the lands of Mr. T
and Kinky Tail -

and probably killed their puppies.

After a long stalemate,
more fate strikes followed.

Pretty Boy and Rasta disappeared.

Majingilans were suspected of killing them.

Once upon a time, the great Mapogo alliance
ruled over Sabi Sand.

Now the power slipped from their grip.

There were only three Mapogs.

There were Makhulu, Mr. T ...

... and a scarred male.

six years the mapogos were
kings of Sabi Sand.

Male lions don't usually live
in the wild for over 12 years.

Mr. T was 10 years old, Scar 12
and Makhulu 14 years old.

They got older and the competitors were
close. The rest was inevitable.

On March 16, 2012, another
five-male alliance, Selati -

arrived on the mapogo territory from the south.

Early in the morning we stopped the car
to listen to something.

We heard a loud roar from
under 100 meters.

We followed the tracks.

It was clear that the browsers were
after the mapogos.

They were young and strong
and ready to fight.

They were targeting one of the mapogos.
We didn't know which one.

Any old lion
would have trouble in that situation.

It didn't stop the lonely mapogo from
defending its last frontier .

By the time I arrived,
Mr. T had already been attacked.

The last mapogo king was
fighting for his life -

and he was alone.

It was severely broken in the spine -

just above the hind legs.

Its hind legs were paralyzed.

It was very vulnerable to
attacks by future lions.

They had ruthless tactics. They
drew it elsewhere -

so one of the males
could bite it in the spine.

They rattled and bitten it for
about 15 to 20 seconds.

Then they stopped
and moved on.

Then they got up, came back
and started the attack.

At that point,
Mr. T fought for his life.

I remember he looked at me.

It could still rise.

It was still trying to oppose a coalition
that had ruined its blood.

It tells about the strength of its character.

four males
who beat Mr. T were constantly screaming.

Because they said
they were in power now.

They told the whole world
they were in power now.

sight was extremely violent.
Our feelings ranged from excitement -

unbelief and respect.

It had large,
gaping wounds in its spine .

It was defeated by a lion
whose head sank to the ground.

It was in front
of its paws and its hind legs were useless.

Everything was over.
Mr. T would die that day.

I and my brother saw it taking its
last breath.

We saw the end of the era.
It had a profound effect on our feelings.

I
never want to see it again.

It was a very emotional decision for the
Mapago saga.

Mr. T lived like a male lion -

and died like a male lion.

He must have died in
a way that suits him:

protecting his territory.

Six years of controlled Mapogos -

the most violent reign in male memory
also ended just as violently.

Makhulu and Scar
were the last of the mapogos.

They were older
and there were enemies everywhere.

They couldn't help but
leave Sabi Sandin.

Mapogs will never be seen again.

Their future generations
still have hope.

Their descendants are still alive
Ottawa-herd.

Three adult females with inbred
offspring.

I hope Makhulu Mapogo
is the father of those females.

To think that it was her puppies
who survived the attack on Mr. T.

It must have been the right thing to happen.

The more I hear about them,
the more I'm interested.

They were the best of the lion.

human point of view, they were bad
and very aggressive -

but from the lion's point of view,
there is no comparison.

Mapogs did
what the male lion had to do:

They continued their lineage.

They took it a step further.

They set
new standards for conquering the territory .

There is never such violence
been seen at Sabi Sand.

lion has a dark side that
is rarely brought up.

The lion is cute, wondrous,
royal and beautiful -

but it's hard
and raw and dangerous.

Mapogos showed us
what it is like to be a lion.

English translation:Tanja Kajanterä
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