The Tumbela Coalition

[Tr1x24]

(10-04-2023, 11:29 PM)Mapokser Wrote: @Tr1x24 Nhenha thing is in the Birmingham thread, you read the information and accepted it at the time, but must have forgotten it. @criollo2mil probably knows/remember who the ranger was as he was the one giving some details, though I remember it also being shared in detail on facebook. Brahim was the first to report it: https://wildfact.com/forum/topic-the-bir...s?page=207

Im not denying that encounter didnt happen, yet what exactly happen.

This is what Brahim posted :

"Nhenha stole an impala kill from a leopard yesterday and plains came after him. Probably not serious attack they were interested in the impala more than him."

From where did you get these details you described?

Regardles, as is off topic.

And no, confidence is not the only reason why lions will attack or fight, theres plenty of other reasons which can influence that:

1. Food - when theres food around, lions mostly prioritize food over fighting/territorial stuff (thats why you see many sightings where rivals and unrelated lions share food or just claim/defend it without further chasing/clashing).

2. Submissve behavior - behaving submissive can get you out of many tricky situations, as with that you are showing dominant lion that he is in charge and you are not a threat, meaning that dominant male might not attack.

3. Female in heat - sometimes males will prioritize female over territorial duty, this can be seen on recent clip of S8 guarding female from Kruger male, if there was no female around, S8 would attack him and chase him out.

4. Health/injury - lions will often not attack unhealthy/injured lion, as they feel they are no threat in that condition. Yes, lions feel "power" lvls.

And prob many more factors what only lions themselves know.

Why PCM didnt attack and chase Tumbela? Is mostly because of some reasons above. Reply