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10-19-2020, 01:26 AM( This post was last modified: 10-19-2020, 01:31 AM by Tr1x24 )
(10-19-2020, 12:56 AM)Slayerd Wrote: There is no muscle around his bone there. I think he is losing condition very fast. I'm not sure HB will be here by the end of this year. Whether it's at the hand of the Tumbela or old age but things are catching up to him now. I know there are alot of people trying to make it seem like HB can win and live but that's only because they haven't killed him yet. If this was a violent takeover, he'd by dead by now. I'm glad he is not but that's just the truth. We have to accept that these 3 Tumbela are the future of Western Sabi Sands now.
Author of those photos said that all members including Hairy Belly where good, so stop making conclusion based of 1 photo..
Last time here when people said he cant "stand" on his back legs, in next few days he was jumping/taking on buffalo..
We all know that HB (or any lone male) in 1 vs 3 situation has no chance, also at his age he might leave us any day, so let us just enyoj sightings of him and stop with those pesimistic points..
He is 14-15 old male, ofc he will not look in "top" condition, idk what do you guys expect..
A good meal won't put muscle on his legs, he is an old lion. But, that picture makes it looks worse because of the angle, he has been doing okay like that for months now. The Tumbelas aren't ready yet it seems, they still seem to be in nomad mode. They aren't really in a hurry for a takeover, but that will change very soon probably.
(10-19-2020, 07:20 AM)sik94 Wrote: A good meal won't put muscle on his legs, he is an old lion. But, that picture makes it looks worse because of the angle, he has been doing okay like that for months now. The Tumbelas aren't ready yet it seems, they still seem to be in nomad mode. They aren't really in a hurry for a takeover, but that will change very soon probably.
Totally agree Sik94. Sooner or later the Tumbela males will took-over the Western sector of Sabi Sands. It seems as if they are testing to HB of what he is capable of do at this stage. (I don't know that he can do much as once he did) HB isn't anymore that beast of male lion that once was able of managed a 3v1.
If the Tumbela males decided permains with at least 1 Othawa female could be extremely well for Hairy Belly
(10-19-2020, 07:36 AM)TinoArmando Wrote: 1 of the 2 Torchwood/Fourways pride males feeding of a Giraffe kill at Nkorho Bush Lodge Image by: Anja Immelman Sabi Sands dt. 18.10.20.
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These 2 males means really a big problem for the Northern Avoca males.
Both of the 2 coalitions are in their prime. Only time will tell what will happens in northern Sabi Sands
One of the Kruger males who are seen mostly in the northern Sabi Sands accompanied by the Torchwood pride. - August 2019 - Hamilton Tented Camp - dt. 06.08.2019.
(10-19-2020, 07:54 AM)TinoArmando Wrote: These 2 males means really a big problem for the Northern Avoca males.
Both of the 2 coalitions are in their prime. Only time will tell what will happens in northern Sabi Sands
I dont think they are problem for Avocas anytime soon.. They have Fourways Pride and recently Torchwood pride under control, theres around 10 females to mate with in Torchwood pride, so they will be with them for quite some time...
The three prides in the north are continuing to grow and seem to be top of each other at the moment. The NKs were in Torchwood on a kill the same day the Torchwood pride was on that giraffe kill further south. The Talamati pride is now starting to come into Djuma and Cheetah Plains. I just wonder when the females will clashing or move further south/west? It may not even be the males that instigate how the territories shift if these prides keep growing the way they are.
Birmingham male [Tinyo] with the Ntsevu pride Pete Thorpe photographs the Ntsevu pride on a wildebeest kill in the Sand River. This pride regularly covers a lot of ground at night, when we are fast asleep in bed. Most of the time when they are active, there is no one viewing them anyway. Image by: James Tyrell
