During my trip to the Maasai Mara Game Reserve in May 2011, we were out on a late evening game drive in the Ol Kiombo area when we came across these four very handsome young males basking in the evening sun. Nobody know where they came from, but these four young males were later on named as the the "Four Musketeers". The four brothers were named Scar Face, Morani, Hunter and Sikio,
They were all age mates and were desperately looking to take over one of the lion prides in the area to call their home. Musiara area is the home of the very famous Marsh Pride. These 4 males appeared at the Marsh and a take over was imminent and over the next couple of months they pushed the old males, Romeo and Clawed out and firmly took over the Marsh Pride followed later with the Paradise Pride as well.
During the game drive our vehicle stalled near these four Lions and the Maasai guide got out to check on it. All the four brothers quickly got up and ran further away and we all had a good laugh with the guide as the Lions here were afraid of them. Here is a photo of the famous Scarface after he got his
signature injury on his eye, earning the name with which he passed away last week.