Lions of Sabi Sands

[Rui Ferreira]

(10-29-2024, 04:27 PM)Duco Ndona Wrote: Earlier they were overrated and praised through the roof. Now we are clearly seeing the limits of the PCmales, people are probably jumping to the other extreme of neglectfull males deliberatly endangering their own cubs.
In reality they are just a duo of two males given access to way to much prides than they can handle. So they abandoned some and obviously cannot be everywhere they are needed. Lions also arent given an How to lion for lions guide. So they have their flaws that they need to work on. But so do the other coalitions. 

Though so far they are only indirectly responsable for the cubs that died. Sure if they only had the Mangheni pride to look over their cubs would be safe. But that would likely have resulted in problems elsewhere and the death of cubs.

Most people on youtube, insta and even twitter, tend to see lion dynamics quite different ( some, not all of them), more like a reality show than nature, so there will always be people hating on animals or saying some bizarre things, it happends probably because they see these animals as characters in a history
You got the "bad guys" like, NkuhumaB, PCM, Mbiris etc
You got the "good guys" like Tumbela, BDM etc.. ( mostly the "underdogs")
I even saw as far as people blaming PCM for chasing Tumbela away and being in a kill with the Mangheni pride ( that one time in summer I dont remember exactly where) 
But than PCM are wrong again for not being with the Manghenis ( basicly they are in the wrong in some people visions just becuas they are who they are)
And what doesnt help is what some accounts and yt channels do, wich is making people almost choosing a side or label lions in a bad/good way 
Till this day I dont see the Saba Bora being refered as Saba Bora but instead " bob junior killers", or Mbiris as " canibals", Northen BDM are this and that becuase poor Mapoza..... you get what Im saying
Obviously when people already see these animals as " characters" and you have others spreading a message that " look at what these lions are doing/did to your favourite lion" it will only add wood to the fire
Concluding- I Think we shouldn´t take seriously what many say about these lions as in terms of good and bad, its different prespectives that originate different opinions, and its really hard to see where one comes from if you are looking at something from a completly different angle
People opinions arent going to change a bit these beatiful animals lives thankfully, so it´s just one of those cases " smile and wave boys, just smile and wave"
I personally like to see things as much rationally as I can, and if possible trying to find a justification for such act/s between these beatiful animals
Do I have my favourties... lets be real everyone has
would I be sad if something happend to them... of course
would I blame/hate the ones who did it to them... thats stupid, they´re animals all with the same goal wich is survive and pass their genes, unless you´re Kambulas than its just survive ( take it as a joke ) Reply