[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 threat. In rare instances when lions do hunt them,...
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 have to pick up the skills and go through physical...
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 the truth when I say that this is the most greates...
[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 would fight is if his pride and territory were on t...
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 whale or Hachiko among the dog lovers.
So w...
[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 control. The number of viable prey had hit rock b...
[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 their bones.
They stayed silent and did not off...
[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 witnesses.
A lion against three lion kings. ...
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 certainly, will come for him. It's inevitable,"
[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 whenever I moved. Perhaps it was not a good idea to ...
[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, and heavy with nutrients. It was almost bitter i...
[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 building myself again There was nothing else in my mind e...
[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 gentle in nature and rarely fought. So I might be ab...
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 himself, no one could, but they were giving me th...
[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 was still a young man of twenty years old, the yo...
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 giving away my food.
My ego couldn't take it.<...
[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 strong sleeping in one area was a sight to behold. ...
[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 gave a mischievous look at the camera. She was ac...
[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 documenting Leo, patience was a strange mixture of dread...
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 make this documentary?" an aged man said while sit...
[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.
Like a woman scratching the sheets. And yes...
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 was a scene straight out of fantasy. For people w...
[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 thought about it, the word wasn't big enough for wh...
[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 the brim.
I spent the first hour consta...
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 became a puzzle that needed solving, and I was bra...
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 unlike the Pride Lands, where you would eventually ...
[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 pride.
But when the safety of the pride was gon...
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.
I had gained much confidence after beating Sca...
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 alive and a reptilian jaw clamped down on the front l...
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 just being surprised.
Of course, there wer...