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like the hyenas.
Matsumi's pride is attacked and chased.
As they retreat, one female is separated
behind the line of attack by the intruders.
She is surrounded and seriously injured.
With only a few minutes of rest
between the attacks
the female is tormented throughout the night.
Matsumi has been waiting in the shadows,
and comes in to investigate
when the growls subside.
The injured lioness is an older female
possibly her mother.
But Matsumi can do nothing.
She is chased off
and the old female is left alone
In the night, her blood drains out
onto the grass.
smaller by one lioness.
It is always sad to watch the death of a lion
or a hyena that we have come to know,
but these endless cycles of life and death
have continued throughout the ages.
Matsumi and her pride reassemble
and walk into the darkness.
Silently.
The horrors of the night melt away
into the warm glow of survival.
After the death of the older female
and within a month of losing her cubs,
young Matsumi comes into heat again.
Mondayvoo reacts to the scent
and follows her trail
knowing that she is ready for mating.
While the younger male, Untwydumala,
is away patrolling the territory,
his brother dominates the mating.
A few months later the Southern Clan
patrols on the same patch of Savuti
that soaked in the lioness's blood.
They are hunting.
For the first time the Princess has joined
the matriarch on the hunt.
Zebras have returned on their migration.
The clan methodically hunts down the fauls,
Untwydumala is back from his patrol.
Always ready to confront hyenas.
He catches the matriarch.
It is a moment of supreme opportunity
for the male.
Not concerned with food, his drive is to kill.
Her back is broken.
The matriarch can't survive
a brutal mauling by a male lion.
On her very first hunt,
the Princess is faced with a catastrophy.
She has only just passed
from total dependence
on her mother's milk into the harsh world
where she will have to fend for herself.
the matriarch breaths her last.
Without the matriarch, the clan is in turmoil.
They are leaderless.
New relationships have to be sorted out.
Second and second-ranked females
now compete for the top position.
possibly to force her to choose a mate.
which male to mate with.
For months the clan will be nervous
and quarrelsome,
weakened against attack
by lions or other hyena clans.
The life of the Pincess is also in turmoil.
Without the protection of her mother
she has lost all rank in the hierarchy.
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