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04-15-2024, 11:05 AM( This post was last modified: 04-15-2024, 11:29 AM by Tr1x24 )
(04-15-2024, 03:24 AM)Ngonya Wrote: But it is seems weird and uncommon for a coalition of 4 physically strong male lions with numerical advantage and at the beginning of (or even already at) their prime but so far from becoming territorial males.
Personally i dont remember seeing such a thing. They are acting as if the only territory they are interested in is the herds of buffalo. I hope this changes soon. And it has been discussed and addressed several times that the only brother who has tried to act like a lion who wants to be territorial is K4
As I sad, current 4 Shishaangan males become territorial at 7 yrs of age.
There is no "rule" which says that males NEED to become territorial exactly at 4-5 yrs of age.
And even then, 3 Kambulas are just 5.5 and 1 is not even 5 yrs old.
People here are acting like they are 7 yrs old lions or something.
Theres also no rule which says that four 5 yrs old lions NEED to beat any duo around, why would they? That duo also has something to say.
Theres plenty examples where lions their ages got chased by older lions even when they had numbers on their side.
Didnt 2 BDMs got chased by lone S8 at that age?
14 yrs old HB was holding his own against 3 5yrs old Tumbelas for months.
Werent 3 Tsalalas also nomads at almost 6 yrs old? And who knows when they would become territorial if 2 didnt got killed in incident.
And thats only few recent examples in this small part of Kruger, stuff like this happen and are not as rare.
We dont know birth dates od 99% of Kruger coalitions, so we actually dont know exactly at what age they become territorial for majority of them.
Also, some coalitions just dont become territorial, they got picked off and killed in nomadhood.