After the previous blog about the Styx Pride of Lions, we thought you may enjoy reading more about the Roller Coaster coalition and the last surviving male that until recently dominated the Styx Pride.
Information/background has been gathered from various sites (Mala Mala, Londolozi, Djuma, Savanna, Nkorho, Elephant Plains, Singita, Exeter, Arathusa, Ulusaba, Inyati, Wildwatch, Idube, Leopard Hills, Simbambili) and their sightings databases along with helpful Rangers and staff at the various lodges and reserves answering questions sent their way.
Roller Coaster/Rollercoaster Males, AKA Shaw Males, AKA Castleton Males Originally a Coalition of Six
These six males were born into the Castleton/Ximungwe pride in 1996. The same pride that also gave us the Tsalala Pride and the Ximuvanyane Pride
They were sired by the 5 Sparta/West Street males (the same coalition that sired the Mapogo Males).

It is unclear how the Coalition of 6 was whittled down to just two by early 2006 but various reports suggests Bovine Tuberculosis and death by other lions was most likely the cause. By 2001 there were 5 surviving. 2002, four were surviving as one was believed to have been killed by another lion. One more disappeared and was believed dead by Aug 2002 leaving three. Of these three, one could easily be identified as he was missing an eye. The three became the dominant males of the Selati/Shaw Pride which by (2004) had 12 cubs sired by them. It was reported by Mala Mala in February 2006, that the one male missing an eye was confirmed to have died. He had been in poor condition for some time. The two remaining Roller Coaster males had taken over the Eyrefield/Sparta pride by Aug 2006. This being the pride the Mapogo Coalition originated from. This pride today consists of three lionesses. Two are sisters of the Mapogo Males and the one old lioness may very well be the Mother to some of the Mapogos. The Eyrefield Pride currently has nine cubs

approximately 18 to 20 mos old (5 males, 4 females) sired by the two Roller Coaster males and just recently accepted into their pride the Sub Adult male, Solo, from the Tsalala Pride of which the Roller Coaster male seems to accept.
The two brothers sought to oust the surviving old Split Rock male from his dominance over the Styx Pride. Which they finally succeeded in doing in 2007. It is suspected the Roller Coaster males contributed to the loss of all the Styx pride’s cubs in the later part of 2006.
Sadly, in June 2007 one of the Roller Coaster brothers was killed by a crocodile. Only one survives today. The lone survivor still has control for now over the Eyrefield/Sparta pride and their 9 cubs. He must also have some dominance over the Styx Pride, if any one lion can dominate the Styx Pride, as several of the Styx lionesses reportedly gave birth in 2008 with at least 9 cubs still surviving. The Styx cubs are believed to be sired by the old Roller Coaster male. He has been seen

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罗拉克斯特雄狮联盟
在上一篇关于狮子的冥河骄傲的博客之后，我们认为你可能会喜欢阅读更多关于过山车联盟和最后一只幸存下来的雄狮的文章，直到最近才成为冥河骄傲。
已从各个地点（马拉马拉、隆多洛齐、朱马、萨凡纳、恩科霍、大象平原、辛基塔、埃克塞特、阿拉图萨、乌卢萨巴、因尼亚蒂、野生观察、依多比、豹子山、辛巴姆比利）及其目击数据库中收集了信息/背景，并在各个旅舍和保护区收集了有用的游骑兵和工作人员，回答了他们发来的问题。
男性过山车/过山车、AKA Shaw Males、AKA Castleton Males最初是六人联盟
这六名男性于1996年出生于卡斯尔顿/西芒圭自豪感。同样的自豪感也给了我们萨拉拉自豪感和西穆瓦尼亚自豪感
他们是斯巴达/西街5名男性的后代（与马坡戈男性的后代是同一个联盟）。

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大约18到20个月大（5只雄性，4只雌性），是两只过山车雄性的后代，最近刚从过山车男性似乎接受的Tsalala pride中接受了亚成年雄性Solo。
这两兄弟试图将幸存的老分裂岩石男性从他对冥河骄傲的统治中驱逐出去。他们最终在2007年成功做到了这一点。据怀疑，过山车雄性造成了2006
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半年所有冥河狮幼崽的死亡。
可悲的是，2007年6月，过山车兄弟中的一人被鳄鱼咬死。今天只有一个人幸存下来。唯一的幸存者目前仍然控制着艾尔菲尔德/斯巴达的骄傲和他们的9只幼崽。如果有任何一只狮子能够主宰冥河骄傲，那么他也必须对冥河骄傲有一定的支配力，因为据报道，几只冥河母狮于2008年出生，至少有9只幼崽仍然存活。冥河幼崽被认为是过山车老公的后代。他已经被看见了