(07-25-2024, 08:18 PM)Mapokser Wrote: Nomadhood is way too harsh for male lions even if they manage to leave at an ideal age like these NK did ( as 4yo adults ). More likely than not they'll lose members during this phase.

Even if we look at Kambulas who were 6, they were incredibly lucky to get to this point with all 6 alive, because they got caught multiple times, even the Kruger brothers did ( I remember them being split and one with a badly scarred back ).

Only way for young males to avoid that is if they are lucky enough to leave at 5yo where they can potentially become territorial quickly, without the need to roam avoiding dominant males for years.

The only other way is if they develop much quicker than average and can already challenge as 4yo, but this is also very rare, regardless of numbers.

If the third NK is gone, I hope at least the remaining 2 can be successful, they are impressive and not even in their prime so their situation isn't that bad, just a shame they went from a 5 strong coalition to being just a duo in the span of a few months.

(07-25-2024, 05:53 PM)GhostCatP-22 Wrote:

(07-25-2024, 02:50 PM)Mwk85 Wrote:

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Just curious is he hunted and caught or stole the impala?

(07-29-2024, 03:57 AM)Ngonya Wrote: Footage from last month of 1/3 Kruger Nkuhuma young males and 1/3 Imbali males walking with a distance, and confronting each other. No fight

credit Northern Bushman 

(07-29-2024, 03:57 AM)Ngonya Wrote: Footage from last month of 1/3 Kruger Nkuhuma young males and 1/3 Imbali males walking with a distance, and confronting each other. No fight

credit Northern Bushman 

(07-29-2024, 05:18 AM)BA0701 Wrote:

(07-29-2024, 03:57 AM)Ngonya Wrote: Footage from last month of 1/3 Kruger Nkuhuma young males and 1/3 Imbali males walking with a distance, and confronting each other. No fight

credit Northern Bushman 

Reminds me of the scene when BYM ran into TYM for the first time. BYM was with his younger brothers, and from outward appearances, it seemed BYM was protecting them. Oddly enough, a couple of weeks later, after BYM had joined with TYM, BYM's brothers ran into him again, and that time they dished out a slight cuffing to the younger bros, BYM had made his choice.

Obviously, the circumstances here are very different, but the scene is very similar.

(07-29-2024, 05:18 AM)BA0701 Wrote:

(07-29-2024, 03:57 AM)Ngonya Wrote: Footage from last month of 1/3 Kruger Nkuhuma young males and 1/3 Imbali males walking with a distance, and confronting each other. No fight

credit Northern Bushman 

Reminds me of the scene when BYM ran into TYM for the first time. BYM was with his younger brothers, and from outward appearances, it seemed BYM was protecting them. Oddly enough, a couple of weeks later, after BYM had joined with TYM, BYM's brothers ran into him again, and that time they dished out a slight cuffing to the younger bros, BYM had made his choice.

Obviously, the circumstances here are very different, but the scene is very similar.

(07-29-2024, 03:06 PM)NLAL11 Wrote:

(07-29-2024, 05:18 AM)BA0701 Wrote:

(07-29-2024, 03:57 AM)Ngonya Wrote: Footage from last month of 1/3 Kruger Nkuhuma young males and 1/3 Imbali males walking with a distance, and confronting each other. No fight

credit Northern Bushman 

Reminds me of the scene when BYM ran into TYM for the first time. BYM was with his younger brothers, and from outward appearances, it seemed BYM was protecting them. Oddly enough, a couple of weeks later, after BYM had joined with TYM, BYM's brothers ran into him again, and that time they dished out a slight cuffing to the younger bros, BYM had made his choice.

Obviously, the circumstances here are very different, but the scene is very similar.

So they were bros pretty much from the start? This makes the recent news of them still being together even better.

(07-29-2024, 03:06 PM)NLAL11 Wrote:

(07-29-2024, 05:18 AM)BA0701 Wrote:

(07-29-2024, 03:57 AM)Ngonya Wrote: Footage from last month of 1/3 Kruger Nkuhuma young males and 1/3 Imbali males walking with a distance, and confronting each other. No fight

credit Northern Bushman 

Reminds me of the scene when BYM ran into TYM for the first time. BYM was with his younger brothers, and from outward appearances, it seemed BYM was protecting them. Oddly enough, a couple of weeks later, after BYM had joined with TYM, BYM's brothers ran into him again, and that time they dished out a slight cuffing to the younger bros, BYM had made his choice.

Obviously, the circumstances here are very different, but the scene is very similar.

So they were bros pretty much from the start? This makes the recent news of them still being together even better.

(07-29-2024, 03:15 PM)sik94 Wrote:

(07-29-2024, 03:06 PM)NLAL11 Wrote:

(07-29-2024, 05:18 AM)BA0701 Wrote:

(07-29-2024, 03:57 AM)Ngonya Wrote: Footage from last month of 1/3 Kruger Nkuhuma young males and 1/3 Imbali males walking with a distance, and confronting each other. No fight

credit Northern Bushman 

Reminds me of the scene when BYM ran into TYM for the first time. BYM was with his younger brothers, and from outward appearances, it seemed BYM was protecting them. Oddly enough, a couple of weeks later, after BYM had joined with TYM, BYM's brothers ran into him again, and that time they dished out a slight cuffing to the younger bros, BYM had made his choice.

Obviously, the circumstances here are very different, but the scene is very similar.

So they were bros pretty much from the start? This makes the recent news of them still being together even better.

Is this the 3rd Nkuhuma young male that was separated from the 2 brothers in Kruger?

(07-29-2024, 03:15 PM)sik94 Wrote: Is this the 3rd Nkuhuma young male that was separated from the 2 brothers in Kruger?

(07-29-2024, 06:14 PM)BA0701 Wrote:

(07-29-2024, 03:06 PM)NLAL11 Wrote:

(07-29-2024, 05:18 AM)BA0701 Wrote:

(07-29-2024, 03:57 AM)Ngonya Wrote: Footage from last month of 1/3 Kruger Nkuhuma young males and 1/3 Imbali males walking with a distance, and confronting each other. No fight

credit Northern Bushman 

Reminds me of the scene when BYM ran into TYM for the first time. BYM was with his younger brothers, and from outward appearances, it seemed BYM was protecting them. Oddly enough, a couple of weeks later, after BYM had joined with TYM, BYM's brothers ran into him again, and that time they dished out a slight cuffing to the younger bros, BYM had made his choice.

Obviously, the circumstances here are very different, but the scene is very similar.

So they were bros pretty much from the start? This makes the recent news of them still being together even better.

BYM had recently started going on long walkabouts, and on the day of the initial meeting with TYM, BYM was walking with his younger bros, including the White Male, when they bumped into TYM. The videos were posted here, I would imagine in the Timbavati thread. But that scene played out nearly identical to this one, with BYM standing between TYM and his bros, and the two of them walking alongside one another with some bushes between them. No real signs of aggression, just eyeing one another up.

A couple of weeks later, they had joined up, and videos began popping up showing them together, doing things like hunting buffalo, etc... After that, BYM showed up at a kill being eaten by Tyson Ross, and a couple of other Birminghams, they permitted BYM to share the kill with them, things appeared cordial, and I believe that was the last sighting of BYM with the Birmingham Pride. He and TYM then disappeared, for quite some time, and we would occasionally get the odd photo of one or both of them, but not a lot with their pride, until just recently, when we got a few.