Lions of Sabi Sands

[Duco Ndona]

If they did become territorial immediately like some people hoped they would. They would have likely taken over the pride next to their natal pride. Its not that odd that prides raise larger coalitions than the local coalitions so this scenario is pretty common. This would however erode genetic diversity over time resulting in issues, so mother nature, in her wisdom put a delay between being evicted and the drive of becoming territorial kicking in. A period in which the youngsters are beaten around a bit and chased some distance away from their old home. Spreading the genes. And yes, this is a period in which weaker lions are filtered out allowing only the best lions survive. 

I am not really seeing how the Kambulas are deviating from all this.

Its probably more that people see their "bloodlines" and numbers and just assume that they are going to make it big right from the start. But that is the problem with most lion behavoir media. It always focusses on the biggest most badass stories so that is what everyone pictures when thinking of lions. While personally i think, the "anomalies" like Tumbella, Nym and the kambullas are much more interesting to follow. While the PCmales or Nwas are the typical stories we all heard before.

Its also somewhat dangerous for the species as the success stories are not likely to turn into the next Tsavo coalition or otherwise end up starting human wildlife conflicts. 
Its the failures we need to understand to prevent those. Reply