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(06-13-2021, 03:35 AM)Tonpa Wrote: Some pics of the skinny male - seems he was attacked? Nasty puncture holes in his back leg
Photos by Tracy South
Dont know who attacked him, but i wouldn't be suprise if it was his 2 brothers, males in coalition are not exactly tolerate towards weakest/sick brothers in a coalition, we have numerous examples of this, Majingilanes towards Hip Scar, and Nhenha/Tinyo towards Nsuku etc..
In a coalition is all about dominance and strenght, theres no fairy tales about "helping the sick brother" in the wild, weakest member will get beating at kills and for female if he is not strong enough..
Thats how lions work, Scorro Jr is much larger then him and could easily beat him for a kill or female..
Those look too serious for that. Fights over kills and females usually end pretty fast. This guy would avoid getting in a big scrap with his brothers over kills and females in his current state and his brothers wouldn't gang up on him. Inter-coalition fights never go so far for either individual to end up with nasty puncture wounds on the hind-legs, it's usually just frontal injuries around the face. It's probably other males or he got attacked by hyenas maybe.