The Birmingham Males

[Tshokwane]

I agree. I always try to give it an anecdotical value to the estimation, but also without putting much thinking into it.
From what I read in different blogs, in his time both Makhulu and Dreadlocks of the Mapogo were considered to be very big males, maybe the old Birmingham male and maybe the old Skybed males. In this days, that goes to Hairy belly, and I agree to some extent, but of course, it also depends from how you look at it(usually the mane tricks you into thinking the male is bigger than it really is).
Luckily for me, the Majingilane males are what I consider to be average male lions, so I take them as a reference when I try to judge the size of another lion.
It's fun to do it, but at the end of the day, I don't think it really matters, at least for them;numbers is the name of the game they play. Reply