Mangheni Pride

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(08-13-2022, 10:22 AM)Tonpa Wrote: If Tinya was in oestrus she'd be doing the same thing the older female and Big boys sister did, seeking out males to mate with. Doesn't really make sense for Tinya herself to be on a "mission" while the other two ignore it...

I said she should be, but its not only Tinya, all Mhangeni females "should" be in estrus since around OM death and they lost all their cubs, except that cubs mom, but yet only 1 female decided to move and mate with PC males. 

I think only Big Boy's sister was few times seen mating with NK, but that was more then half a year ago. 

Basically all other 4 females decided to ignore males for mating and defend the cub, they where seen in company of Wide-Nose Ndhzengas while ago and in their territory, but they didnt mate with him yet abandon him and Ndhzengas and protect the cub.

This is hard to explain, but, even if some females are not directly mothers of specific cub, being in the same group, their brain prob "tricks" them into thinking that they need to protect the cub as if its their offspring, and prob because of that, they dont go in estrus cycles. 

Same thing prob is happening with Kambula childcare group, as that 1 female lost her cubs, but its still with her sister and their cubs.

Also, if we go into past, BB and Tailess Tsalala raising Mhangenis and Tsalalas, both females where not their mothers, but they left and raise them, but didn't have cubs on their own. 

My point is, in a pride, i dont think its that much relevant who is the mother of who. 

Example, theres a pride of 3 females, they gave birth to 3 cubs, each has 1, all milk them together mixed, cubs grow past the age of milking and females stop lactating, they are now almost subs, they eat only meat. Now 1 cub/sub of x female dies, how does "nature" knows that  this cub/sub is of that specific female, to bring her back into estrus?? Reply