History's most brutal killers, the Majingilane Male Lions

[Musa15]

(04-14-2018, 11:24 PM)Stargaryen4 Wrote:

(04-14-2018, 09:39 PM)Musa15 Wrote: Well I must say that I have only been here a few months but I really appriciate to be around a crowd who actually understands nature and how wild animals operate.

It seems like every other medium(especially youtube) I go to for the subject of Lions coalitions, namely about the Mapogo and Majingilane, you will find crowds who anthropomorphise these amazing animals and come up with disgusting, disrespectful statements that show their lack of intelligence and class. Where do they come from and how come they've been clinging on to the once hidden gem of National Park blogs?

How one could favor one coalition over the other as if they're rooting for their favorite sports team is something I can't understand. It's embarrassing. With every passing of the Majingilane legends there are actually low lives who root for this and are glad, as if it's wait they've been waiting for for years because of what happened to the Mapogos. The Birmingham boys have recently killed my dear declining Scar Nose, does this make me resentful against them? No, they do what nature has intended them to do and I will be following these boys now and in the future.

Both coalitions(Mapogo/Majingilane) IMO are the most amazing Lions we have witnessed so far as they've shown such diverse and unique behaviors. They were both so different from one another and changed the way even experts perceive male lions. I just wish that they're not taken for granted and that their stories don't fall into the wrong hands, so to speak.

Well said..

I love lions, all lions. Regardless if that's the Mapogos, Majingilanes, Selatis, BBoys, Matimbas. While I might have a coalition that I like the most, I'm not gonna harbor any ill will if something happens at the hands of another group. That's just what happens in wild.
It's disgusting when you find a video on Youtube about male lions (mainly Majingilane and Selati) and the first comment you see is someone bashing the lions for merely being lions.

Always gets under my skin when people bring human emotions into lion society. Like for example, the "Majingilane have no honor because they only fight when they have the advantage." Or "The Selatis are couldn't beat the Mapogos fair so they gang up on Mr. T." 
A lion's life, especially the male lion, is not about honor or respect or any other human emotion we want to attach to it, it's about life and death. You could bet if I was a lion, I would take a fight with two of my coalition partners and I versus a lone male anyday of the week. 

I must admit though, it has been especially hard the last week watching/reading the updates on the Majingilanes. More so since they seemed to be doing so well for their age not even a few months ago. 
Sadly it seems that comes with the territory. A lions life is hard, and the fact that these guys made to where they've been, and held onto it so long is truly a testament to their power/intelligence/heart.

It's bittersweet in a sense. Hearing about the death of a Majingilane breaks my heart, but I'm also filled with happiness in the fact that they have lived a very good life. Especially for male lions in the wild, where not many get a chance. They've held a lot of land, fathered a lot of cubs. They certainly won't be forgotten by humans, and with their success as a group, it ensures their bloodline won't be forgotten either.

This is my first post here, although I have been a member and a lurker for awhile. 
It's so hard to pin down the words to say, and I apologize if I have rambled on in this post. 

Thank you for letting me get this off my chest..

Thank you, well said. Human concepts simply cannot be applied even if our instincts tell us that. I admit that these past few weeks my heart wished that the rangers would have fed the boys to prevent them from dying of starvation, but my brain tells me that we have to let nature run its course. And indeed, I have been depressed about their deaths. Simply because I've known of them for so many years and aware of how amazing their lives have been it isn't like other known animals passing IMO. These are understandable human emotions, but the individuals who treat this like some kind of movie with villains and heroes and glee at their demise are truly troubled and I'm glad that they don't have a voice here. Reply