Mangheni Pride

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(08-15-2024, 11:54 AM)BigLion39 Wrote: Wow, such odd and interesting behavior by Tumbella and even the cubs. They know somethingthig we dont.  Some of them might be his. I would put good money on that. Stranger males don't just accept and take care if other males cubs in most instances. Such a weird dynamic.

They are not his.

Sometimes, nomadic and especially older/weaker/unhealthy males, often follow and "use" prides because of easy access to food, (especially prides who cant chase them off that easily and who dont have territorial protectors) without any other intentions.

We also saw numerous examples of males adopting cubs and subs, some even in takeover scenarios, this is far from it.

And as for this interaction, thats pretty normal interaction when males are dominating carcasses, they dont want others to feed, especially females, while some cubs do sneak in, they "allow" that because cubs are small and cant eat nearly as much as big females.

I mean we saw that similary with S.Avoca on the kill with them aswell, he was also trying to dominate that kill, but females and cubs fight back. Reply