From Namiri Plains, around 2013 and 2014 at Barafu Kopjes area Eastern Serengeti Tanzania, there was a coalition of 2 Males with very dark manes and a few dred locks, and Tour Guides who saw them first, called them Bob Marley & Ziggy Marley, this was according to a resemblance they had to those musicians with their dred locks. These males over the years disappeared and we assumed they were killed in the battle for a territory take over.

Then in Namiri Plains, they appeared 6 Strong males around 2015 and 2016, sometimes were seen 4 sometimes 6, some people called them 4 killers some other called them 6 killers. They had dark manes, which couldn't stand up but laid back, so people (including me then assumed Bob Junior was among these guys) which was not the case, these were completely different males! They also vanished and didn't really dominate the Namiri Plains that much.

Bob Junior is believed to be born in 2011 in Eastern Serengeti, possibly the areas Bob and Ziggy Marley dominated, and he appeared in Namiri Plains around 2017 and when it was his time to rule he started by taking over the Barafu Kopjes Pride, due to his confidence and fearlessness, he also took over 3 Zebra Kopjes Pride Females and then after, Sametu Kopjes Pride, then over the years he took over and settled more in Sametu Kopjes Pride (Well known to guides as Research Kopjes) because the area had sustainable food and water supplies also cover in the kopjes. And he had dominated that area until his death on March 11th 2023.

I believed that Bob Junior was a Son of Bob and Ziggy Marley, this was due to their resemblances he had to those Males this may be true but there's also no proof if he was, or whatsoever!
Some Guides including Guides from Namiri Camp believe that BJ May had come from Ngorongoro Crater because of his Genetics, he was strong, short, stubby, muscular, not shy, and with a huge dark mane which most Ngorongoro Crater Lions look like that, BUT, no body really knows where BJ came from, either was born from Bob and Ziggy Marley or came from Ngorongoro Crater, it is still a mystery, all we knew is he came to Namiri Plains and conquered them.

After a few years in Bob Junior's Kingdom then appeared a Male around 2019, We believed he was from either Seronera or Gol Kopjes according to his looks, we also believed that once BJ swa him he was gonna be killed by BJ since BJ was a strong leader and a fighter, but perhaps that Male behaved submissively towards BJ and BJ accepted him as a partner who he ruled the Namiri Plains together with until death. This Male was later named by Guides from the Namiri Plains "Marley", and was not a BJ's blood brother but a brother in a Lion Coalition.
Although there some say that this Male "Marley" May be BJ's blood brother perhaps from a different litter, which explains why BJ accepted him to be his Coalition brother, but there's no proof of that too!

Until now This Male hasn't been seen 2 weeks prior to BJ's death and is believed to have escaped from the new rulres a 7 Males Coalition of Lions by running away from them or, possibly killed by them but we have no proof, so we can't say for sure!

The 7 Males Coalition that came to the area a few months ago has been studying BJ's pride and his weaknesses until they knew them tracked him and killed him.

Bob Junior was an iconic, Magnificent, Most handsome Lion in the Serengeti, and every photographer liked him for that, and he left about 12 Lionesses from his Pride and 3 sons about 2 years, and of course over the years he had plenty of sons and daughters who will continue his legacy.

I was one of 3 Guides to witness the last fight he gave before he was killed by 3 of 7 Males Coalition.

Credits to Tour Guides Cloud from (Nale Moru) and The Photographer he had "James Lewin" and another Guide from Kili Dove, who were the first to arrive at the scene and saw the fight from when the 3 males caught BJ and badly injured him! And also Credits to me and the Photographer i had Dave Matthiesen, from @thewildsource who we saw last fight BJ gave until 3 Males brutally killed him.
Credits to @asiliaafrica Namiri Guides and @chabaporini for crucial information about BJ.

In This Clip, which was shot and edited by me @chabaporini I show you everything, it's hard to watch and it's painful but it's nature!

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