Plains Camp Males

[Duco Ndona]

I think you all are overselling it a bit. 
Sure they kill some more lions than most coalitions. But its a far cry from the around 100 lions that the Mapogos killed. The Mapogos were also famous for their unusual aggression both towards the lionesses and their cubs and each other. 
While the PCmales are actually quite gentle towards their prides and cubs or even their rivals as Skorro luckily found out. 

We also have to take into account that they also have a far larger territory and interact with far more different groups than the average coalition. So have been in far more take overs, are constantly at risk of being dragged into interpride conflicts and have a far larger chance of running into semi nomadic males. If adjusted to that, the amount of death they caused is probably not significantly larger than the average coalition. While the Mapogos are clearly an outlier in that aspect.

They may rival, or even scatter the Mapogos success if it comes to territory and offspring. But in brutality the Mapogos are, at least in modern lion tracking records, thankfully still unrivalled.



As for who has the potential of becoming the next Mapogos. The source of the Mapogos brutality lies in that they were in far bigger coalition than could be sustained by the food and mating opportunities in the region. This caused a lot of infighting making the males constantly frustrated and aggressive, which in turn got vented on the cubs, lionesses or whichever lion unlucky to be around.
You are not going to see that in a group as small and well bonded with each other as the PCmales are. 
Its going to be one of the bigger struggling coalitions like the Nkhulus that are most at risk of going Mapogo. But realistically, a split is still a far more likely outcome. 
If Mapogo style events are really that common in Sabi Sands that we are seeing two in just the lifespan of one lion. Lions would have wiped themselves out a long time ago. Reply