Will Sekoti be king?

Over the holidays I returned to Savuti just over two weeks after my previous visit. It was my second attempt in search of a young male lion famously called Sekoti, or Snip Tail as it he sometimes called, because of his missing tail end.

Sekoti is part of the Savuti Marsh Pride of lions that has surprised many lion enthusiasts. At five years old, this young male has now developed a mane and is turning out to be a big lion but remarkably he has not yet been banished by his savage father, Sekekama, the king of the marsh pride as is the norm in the lion kingdom. Sekekama, also known as Sedadama or Sexghaxghama (meaning lion mane in Seyei) was made famous by the National Geographic nature documentary series Savage Kingdom.