Styx Pride

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(12-04-2022, 12:35 AM)Duco Ndona Wrote: The relation between prides and male lions is a strained one. Male lions, especially larger coalitions are a huge drain on the prides resources. So, they are glad when the males make themself scarce for a while. A pride won't do anything to keep the male lions close like begging or offering sex.

So, each times the males go on a patrol or something. The pride is at first relieved and looking forward to not having to share food.
But they still need them for protection. So, if they are away for too long the pride slowly starts to worry about their protection and begin to panics the longer it last. Cumulating in these enthusiastic greetings and grooming when they do return to reinforce the bonds and scent marks that reinforces their relationship. 

If they don't, however, by the time the pride realizes they are in trouble it's far too late to beg for them to stay.

Duco Ndona, why are you preferring to use the word sex rather than mating? It’s not like they have bed room lights they get to turn it off before the act and so on, right? No right or wrong here, just curious why you use it so often. Reply