Birmingham Coalition Male Lineage

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(04-16-2024, 08:51 AM)Ttimemarti Wrote: Very strange she is still with them tho I mean the plains camp male arrived with their sisters and they got chased and regrouped but one day they left same with the matshipiri males their sister vanished She’s 4 in a half years old right so I guess she’s just not ready to mate and has no need to leave them

(04-16-2024, 01:01 PM)Duco Ndona Wrote: Lions are social animals and the group hasnt matured yet. So she doesnt have the confidence yet to head out on her own.

We had few examples recently like this one, Vuyelas, Ndhzengas also had company of sister thru nomadic pase.

Females in this situation usually leave because when she matures and starts showing signs of estrus, her brothers are trying to mate with her which she obiviously doesnt wants and rejects them.

Then she moves of from them and finds different males in that area to mate with, then settles in there and thats it.

Thats what Ndhzengas sister did.

But problem with this lone nomadic females is they for some reason are coming quite late into estrus, Tsalala girl only recently started mating at almost 5 yrs of age, and Kambula girl still doesnt showing signs for that.

Maybe reason is stress of that lifestyle and fear of territorial males, from which they are "programmed" to run.

Females in stable prides dont have that problem and are coming into estrus quite sooner, some even around 3 yrs of age.

And if Kambula female still didnt hit that maturity clock, theres no reason for her to leave her brothers, who are her "pride", in her eyes.

But then is danger that males find new pride before she leaves, which is danger for her, thats how Vuyelas sister got killed. Reply