Birmingham Pride of lions

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@BA0701 Makhulu did mate tho, their fathers tried to chase him but failed and gave up. Next month there was a new female in estrus but this time one of the 2 remaining WSM dominated the mating rights, leaving Makhulu and the other one watching. Mala Mala reports it, see post 2,447:

https://wildfact.com/forum/topic-the-mig...s?page=164

However the difference is that Makhulu was a full on member of the coalition at that point, while in this case here, the 2 Ross are territorial and their son a nomad, they bumped into him and the Breakaway female ( according to the guide ), and joined them. There was that interaction from the other video and then the young male was eventually allowed to mate which is very interesting.

Most nomadic sons are chased by their fathers on spot if they meet again, sometimes they may allow their sons to stay close by that day after a warning, but I doubt they'd normally share a kill or worse, a female.

As I had said, I've seen this happening with leopards, but we could say that being 1v1 the father would rather share the female with the son than fight him for exclusive rights, which isn't possible with unknown leopards as they have to fight or flee, being 100% enemies.

With the Ross, they are 2 and in perfect shape so they could easily chase their 4yo son away.

Maybe instead of teaming up against their son, it became a battle royal between the 3 and the son won, but even if this was the case, it's very unique as normally the fathers would chase the son, and be very aggressive if there's a female in heat around, then after that they'd compete for the female.

But anyway there's also the possibility Fabio mated first as he was closer to the female, and at some point the 2 Ross allowed their son to have his turn.

Regardless of how it played out though, it was a very unique sighting, awesome behaviour that is for sure very rare.

This young Birmingham is another solo young male up there in Timbavati, the Avoca male would possibly be a good partner for him, as it seems they roam similar areas. Reply