Coalitions of Kruger National Park

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(06-03-2023, 01:42 AM)Mapokser Wrote: I'm mentioning size because you seemed to somehow be implying Nkhulus lack strength for being young, when in reality they are physically stronger than their prime partner.

Nkhulus are yet to make a sustained challenge for a territory, they still behave pretty nomadic. Territorial challenges are all about confidence and a couple of the Nkhulus being pretty young and injured, all it would take is one of the weaker individuals backing out to make everyone just drop everything and run. Also, when everyone is running and it's chaos, nobody knows what's even happening. By the time they regrouped, the Avocas probably had finished the job on Dreads. 

I honestly never quite understood the S. Avocas. They were nothing special when they first showed up, the three Tsalalas were able to push them around and I thought Tsalala males were very ordinary lions. The S. Avocas seem to be the kind of lions that peak a bit later in life(7-10), in physicality and as territorial males. Opposed to the N. Avocas who peaked early(5-7) and never grew to be the same physically or as territorial males. It's odd how there's such a difference between the two sets of brothers. Reply