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(08-21-2021, 08:21 PM)Mistry109 Wrote: I would say he is a solid coalition partner. He has just had some really bad luck. He has only ever had 2 partners so nobody can make such rash judgments about him. It is unfair and very incorrect...
- Big Boy died from natural causes.
- Styx Male died from a nasty wound inflicted most likely by Mangheni females.
If anything, this only highlights how tough it is to be a nomadic male. Nothing to do with him whatsoever.
Right now, he has to be one of my favorite male lions. That boy has gone through so much.
Anybody know who he was seen with recently?
I personally feel like he died by hyenas. They bite like that from the hindquarters. The Styx Male was probably tailing the Mangheni females, maybe even feeding with them, and got too confident or careless when hyenas swarmed the kill area. It is well-known that several lions have died from hyenas in SS. The OM's brother and dam died from hyenas, for example. Their bite force is incredible. However, this is no concrete proof either way, we'll all just have to speculate in the end.