The Tumbela Coalition

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@Tr1x24 

If you think Othawa Male, Shaka Mbiri, S8, some Majingis and Mantimahle weren't muscular/bulky, but Mohawk, Ndhzengas, Tintswalos and Kambulas are, I'm not surprised our understanding of these lions physical appearances is such a mismatch.

This shouldn't be a mystery, a muscular lion is a "shredded" male ( see Makhunga in good form ), a male with well defined muscles, a bulky lion is one with a thick body, with a big chest girth ( again see Makhunga ).

Shaka Mbiri is a bit less muscular than his brother and less thicker of body/with a bit of a smaller chest, but he is definitely bulky and muscular, a lot, way above average.

OM was also very bulky and muscular, probably even more than his fathers and grandfathers. S8, Majingis and Mantimahles were all way above average in musculature and chest girth. I can't believe you don't see this.

Bboys were muscular, Mfumo and Nhenha bulky. You could say Mohawk and Ndhzengas are muscular/shredded, but they are definitely not bulky, Eorenji seems to have a smaller chest girth than the K6 lioness who's a female and not much bigger than him in height and length, so even for his size he is not exceptional in thickness and chest girth, Amahle and Mohawk probably at best slightly above average in this department if you're scaling bulkiness to their smaller dimensions. Certainly they have smaller chest girths than all other males you've mentioned as being lean.

To see a bulky but not tall/long, see Earless:

He is very shredded and has muscles everywhere, his limbs are thick, his chest big, but he's not particularly tall and certainly not long of body, he's a rare specimen. In the opposite direction you could see the BDM, he was stupidly massive in height and especially length, but for his size his thickness and chest girth were probably below average, though still if you were to compare his chest girth to average-sized lions, BDM's girth would be way bigger, for obvious reasons.

This is definitely not the case of males you've mentioned where they have thickness proportional to their body, maybe not lean exactly, but definitely not bigger in comparison to their dimensions.

The point is, proportions of height and length often scale to bulkiness, a taller and longer male will more likely than not have a bigger chest girth than a smaller male in dimensions.

Tumbela is tall, but not bulky either in general or for his size. Reply