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Lions of Sabi Sands
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Gijimas chased 4 Nkhulu from their territory, but once they reached Nkhulu's territory in MalaMala, the Nkhulus chased them back.
 (06-30-2024, 09:23 PM)Mapokser Wrote: Gijimas chased 4 Nkhulu from their territory, but once they reached Nkhulu's territory in MalaMala, the Nkhulus chased them back. Didn’t know all this but once again Gijimas successfully defended their territory while being outnumbered. I actually think it’s necessary they stay putting pressure on the Nkhulus every once in a while, being significantly outnumbered. Make the Nkhulus expand elsewhere once the time comes.  (06-30-2024, 09:34 PM)KM600 Wrote: Didn’t know all this but once again Gijimas successfully defended their territory while being outnumbered. I actually think it’s necessary they stay putting pressure on the Nkhulus every once in a while, being significantly outnumbered. Make the Nkhulus expand elsewhere once the time comes.I rewatched this same situation recently in another angle posted on FB back then. According to the guide, the Nkhulus were roaring back at some point in the chase (early may): She seems to have confused Gijimas with Plains Camp  ?
 
07-01-2024, 12:29 AM
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Edit Reason: Mistakenly wrote '24-26 June'
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Elephant Plains Lion Sightings 24-30 June.
https://elephantplains.co.za/big-5-blog/...30th-june/ Tuesday, 25 June 2024
Gijima vs Nkhulu chase. LM Gijima really could have recreated Kinky Tail vs Majigilanes. Guessing DM Gijima was a bit behind but nonetheless chasing 4 young males and being so close really could’ve ended bad for him.
(07-01-2024, 01:16 AM)Tr1x24 Wrote:(07-01-2024, 12:35 AM)KM600 Wrote: Gijima vs Nkhulu chase. LM Gijima really could have recreated Kinky Tail vs Majigilanes. Guessing DM Gijima was a bit behind but nonetheless chasing 4 young males and being so close really could’ve ended bad for him. In all seriousness though LM Gijima doesn’t hesitate to charge into these encounters, it was actually him who initiated the previous one with DM Gijima supporting from behind. Once the Nkhulus realised they had the numbers they turned the tables and chased back but impressive attitude from Gijimas nonetheless.  (07-01-2024, 01:28 AM)adamstocks16 Wrote: ??? Confidence displayed here (and on previous encounters) is the reason why Nkhulus "struggle" with them. Less confident and less bold males would "crack" under that many males fairly quickly. I dont think Gijimas are affraid of Nkhulus, they know each others very well at this point. Also, Gijimas where seen more in their territory since Nkhulus become territorial, then other way around (even mating with SR female). We will see if this is sign that Nkhulus are interested into that area or if things will settle down again as before. 
At the end of the day the gijima are very lucky these guys are not healthy otherwise it would not be good but this was very impressive by the smaller gijima even if his brother was also chasing them and you can see the smaller gijima started to slow down at the end of the video
I agree that if all Nkhulus were healthy, they would have ousted the Gijimas a long time ago.
Still, it's extremely impressive how the Gijimas are here "throwing hands" against a coalition of 6-7 territorial males, to a point that even when they lose a clash, they at least started the clash winning, and they only struggle when up against 4 or 5, when it was 2v3 they seemingly won easily despite the two strongest Nkhulus being among the 3. We saw with nomadic Kambulas v BDM how the BDM quickly went nomadic just by trying to deal with 4 males that didn't even want to take over a territory even if it was for free. BDM realized it was 4 against 2 and the Kambulas wouldn't lose by just hearing or seeing them, and gave up. Even a stronger duo, I'd argue, would flee without a second thought way back when 5 healthy nomadic Nkhulu + Delaporte challenged them. Being able to win that day was crazy, 1 hour of back and forth till they finally won. Now Nkhulus are rarely with all their members and many are not 100% healthy, but they're fully territorial, in their prime years, still 6-7 strong and have met the Gijimas as 3, 4 and 5 males, still the Gijimas are holding the line. Honestly I don't know if even the PCM would be able to do that, S.Avocas clearly couldn't despite their initial success displaying some insane feats of strength. Hell forget about Sabi Sands, I'm not sure anyone else would be able to be doing what the Gijimas are doing, even the Mbiris couldn't defeat 3 Nharhus ( tho tbf they were individually very strong ), and even back in the past, powerful duos like Mlowathi and S.Matimba couldn't defeat or even hold the line for long against coalitions of 4-5 young males. Gijimas however are here for over a half a year dealing with their territorial neighbors who are 6-7 males and have met them multiple times. Not only the Gijimas are holding the line but they are 2-2 in number of clashes, as well as having initial success in the clashes they ultimately loss, not to say that they are often in the offensive invading the Nkhulu territory in KK. Gijimas are very "special"/unique lions in many ways, I can only hope they spread their great genes in all the prides they control, raising their offspring to adulthood, it's new blood in SS, and we couldn't ask for better genes. (07-01-2024, 05:25 AM)Mapokser Wrote: Gijimas however are here for over a half a year dealing with their territorial neighbors More then that, it will be now 1 year as Nkhulus ousted S.Avocas, and they clashed before that aswell. (07-01-2024, 05:25 AM)Mapokser Wrote: Gijimas are very "special"/unique lions in many ways I think that was very clear when they initially invaded 4 territorial males out of nowhere in a span of days, and at that time we taught it was 3 vs 4, but it was only these two in a 2 vs 4. These guys know how to clash outnumbered. Lets hope that confidence and boldnes dont cost them eventually, it would be shame. As for "Gijimas would be long ousted if all Nkhulus where healthy" speculation, remember that Gijimas beat healthy Nkhulus earlier in 2023, when they invaded, then Nkhulus focused on S.Avocas. (07-01-2024, 06:49 PM)Tr1x24 Wrote:(07-01-2024, 06:47 PM)Ttimemarti Wrote: Wait wait so the nhkulus killed the bigger southern avoca? Then how did the nhkulus oust the southern Avocas when they weren’t even in the area if anything the southern Avoca chased all 7 caught and beat up dreadlocks roared and left the area |
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