[1st POV]
African Cape Buffalo.
Otherwise known as the 'Black Death' due to their aggressive and unpredictable nature, which is backed up by immense strength and power. They stood proud as one of the few animals with 'fuck you' strength.
Unless a buffalo is aged, juvenile or injured, no predators in the savannah really pose a ...
2025-06-28 17:43:21 +0000 UTC View Post
[3rd POV]
[Name: Dr. T. Soma Tonson
Role: Lead researcher and ethologist.
Nationality: Indian (from Nagaland, Northeast India)
Age: 62]
"Leo trains,"
"Although not exactly fulfilling the meaning of the word, animals do train in the wild. They ...
2025-06-27 18:23:52 +0000 UTC View Post
[Name: Dr. Marcus E. Veldt
Role: Comparative Anatomist, Big Cat Specialist
Institution: University of Pretoria – Department of Wildlife Physiology
Nationality: South African
Age: 47]
"Intelligence. I speak the truth and only ...
[3rd POV]
[Name: Dr. T. Soma Tonson
Role: Lead researcher and ethologist.
Nationality: Indian (from Nagaland, Northeast India)
Age: 62]
"Let me start by saying it is extremely uncommon for a dominant king to pick a fight. The only time a lion king w...
2025-06-23 17:55:14 +0000 UTC View Post
[3rd POV]
The release of the documentary's first episode was nothing short of extraordinary. Leo was already a global superstar through animal edits and social media posts, such as articles and Instagram. He was branded the biggest animal celebrity in the world, earning recognition similar to Harambe and Koko the gorilla, Luna the killer ...
[1st POV]
(1 week later)
Food was scarce.
It's been a week since my encounter with the Mbali brothers and they were probably still recovering from their injuries because I haven't heard from them since.
After I ate the impala back then, I've only had one more meal in the passing week. The reason for that was out of my...
[1st POV]
There was palpable tension in the air that was thick enough to cut if you had a really sharp knife. The hot air did not feel like it contained oxygen with how unsatisfying each breath was.
A chain of growls left my throat. The constant low vibration was a warning and a threat that they could not just hear but feel in thei...
[1st POV]
When the beasts carved by evolution for war clashed, the world could not help but watch with bated breath.
The vultures in the sky, the rodents in the distance. Even the herd of Impala stopped and stared from a faraway area, along with two vehicles, one to document me and the Mbali brothers respectively. All of them became ...
2025-06-17 16:13:59 +0000 UTC View Post
[3rd POV]
"I don't like this." Hana said with a shaky voice while looking at Leo carrying an impala towards the shade.
"What if the dominant lions come for him?" she asked, her knuckles turning white around her binoculars.
"I wouldn't worry about that," Dr Tonson said while adjusting his hat, "Becuase they undoubtedly, most cer...
2025-06-14 16:30:11 +0000 UTC View Post
[1st POV]
(Three days later)
The herd of antelope that I told Grim to keep an eye on did not waste their time and moved on with their migration. They followed the Mrara rivers and were already out of the region, so I had to give up on them.
So after three days, I set out to hunt once more.
My muscles screamed at me wh...
[1st POV]
Like always, I started with the organs.
They were the most nourishing part of the meat, and I wasn’t going to let my limited appetite be wasted on things like dry muscle, fats or skin. My jaws split open the stomach and chest with one violent tug, and I immediately dove in.
The liver came first. It was rich, dark...
[1st POV]
[6 months later]
(2 years 8 months old)
For the first time in my life, time did not blur.
I was never comfortable enough not to notice the passage of time. Each day was followed by new challenges in the Serengeti. Not only that, every waking hour was spent with a purpose in mind.
I was back to buildin...
[1st POV]
I was avoiding the Mbali brothers.
It was the smartest thing I could do with how things stand at the moment.
I could defeat Roku, I could probably fight Makali, but I was not too sure about Baraka. From the description of his size, I would likely lose against him, but Grim also said that he was ge...
2025-06-11 16:17:44 +0000 UTC View Post
[1st POV]
The humans were surprisingly, chill.
The short interaction that I had with them was enough to tell that they meant no harm at all. I realised that they were those kinds of people obsessed with nature and love wildlife as much as they love themselves, like Steve Irwin.
Of course, they could not compare to the legend...
[3rd POV]
"Oh shit, he is coming towards us isn't he," Malik Adeyemi, the driver of the vehicle who was forced on this operation even though he had trauma from his first time meeting Leo, asked from his seat.
"Maybe he's just coming towards our direction and not for us?" Kyle Ramirez, the cameraman, voiced out with a hopeful tone. He...
2025-06-09 16:45:54 +0000 UTC View Post
[1st POV]
I have absolutely no intention of leaving my home.
I knew it was stupid considering the kings could return and jump me 1 vs 3, but there was something in me that did not want to leave this at all.
The kopje was mine, I have thought of it as such already and leaving it now just because I was scared would be like giv...
[3rd POV]
The Serengeti night was a blanket of stars, spread thick and glittering across a sky so vast it made even kings feel small.
Crickets sang in the grass. A breeze danced through the acacias, rustling leaves like whispers. And beneath one such tree, the Siringet pride were sprawled around.
A pride of thirty members s...
[3rd POV]
[Name : Hana Park
Role : Zoologist and Big Cat Specialist
Nationality : Korean-American (from Seattle}
Age: 34]
"Okay, where do I even begin?" Hana asked with a wide, excited smile on her face.
She rubbed her palms together and...
[3rd POV]
(Documentary : Episode 1)
[Name : Dr. T. Soma Tonson
Role : Lead researcher and ethologist
Nationality : Indian (from Nagaland, Northeast India)
Age : 62]
"You know, science demands patience. And for us, in those early days of docume...
2025-06-07 17:28:52 +0000 UTC View Post
[3rd POV]
(Documentary : Episode 1)
[Name : Dr. T. Soma Tonson
Role : Lead researcher and ethologist.
Nationality : Indian {from Nagaland, Northeast India)
Age : 62]
"Would you believe me if I told you that it was never our intention to ...
[1st POV]
This part of the battle was just a straight-up assault on my part. I was raping the poor king, metaphorically of course.
Roku tried to claw himself away from me, and when that didn't work, he tried crawling away. His claws, meant for tearing his enemies anchored on the ground and created lines in a futile attempt to escape....
2025-06-05 16:09:03 +0000 UTC View Post
[1st POV]
Imagine the roar of an engine.
Now make it alive and angry, with a little bit of savagery mixed into it – like the creature that made it was a mindless beast. Maybe then you would get close to creating the sound of a raging lion.
When two killing machines both weighing around 200 kg clashed to kill each other, it...
[1st POV]
Oh god, I'm so fucking full.
Normally, my diet was normal and consistent, but now it was scarce and heavy. I had to adjust my way of eating one meal if I wanted to consume the same amount of food as I did before.
I felt like an absolute pig while I dragged myself towards my home.
Home.
If you really t...
[1st POV]
I rarely went four days without eating back home, so upon finally getting my paws on some meat, I literally inhaled most of it.
An Impala was not a big prey, it had more or less 30 kg of pure meat if we exclude the hide and bones. But it was more than enough for one growing lion. The food filled my belly to th...
2025-06-01 15:26:24 +0000 UTC View Post
[1st POV]
I ran up to the higher ground a little further away from where the herds were grazing. It was far enough that I could see the entire horizon along with the herd. It provided a great view for planning and contemplation.
After I reached the place, I sat there and simply observed for a while. The herd of impala ...
2025-05-27 18:28:26 +0000 UTC View Post
[1st POV]
(2 years and 1 month old)
It's been five days since I came to the Serengeti, my new home. And from the explorations I've done during the past few days, I could say that the Serengeti was infinitely bigger than the Pride Lands.
Like seriously, it's baffling how big this place is. There was virtually no end. It was u...
[1st POV]
There was strength in numbers.
A group will thrive when individuals fail. This was a known fact even among the dumbest animal in the savannah.
I had almost never struggled with other animals of a different species in my life. A lion was feared and respected. Not just that, a lion almost always belonged to a bigger pri...
2025-05-27 15:53:20 +0000 UTC View Post
[1st POV]
"I think I might have a headache," I said with a rumbling growl after the roaring show was over.
The lion kings patrolled their territory and sent warnings with their roars. This went on for quite a bit before it was over. Luckily, they had not come towards me. If they did, I was kind of screwed.
2025-05-26 17:52:33 +0000 UTC View Post
[1st POV]
Opportunity comes to those who wait.
SPLASH!!!
My ears perked up and my body also postured upright upon hearing the sound. A small smile graced my face as I looked at the scene unfolding in the watering hole.
While a herd of zebras were taking turns drinking, the water suddenly came ali...
2025-05-25 15:19:55 +0000 UTC View Post[1st POV]
"....."
Holy shit.
Humans.
For a moment, I froze completely as my brain went haywire, thinking of other things and saving no brainpower to control my body.
But then I shook my head and shrugged off the useless thoughts that orbit my mind. I started thinking logically instead of jus...