Kambula/Ntsevu males

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@Tr1x24 Kambulas are like their brother the NK male.

They are great hunters, good at getting buffalo, big, strong and apparently powerful fighters when backed against a corner, however, weak when having to initiate the fight/clash.

Difference is that NK has the "excuse" of not having a brother or a long time coalition partner, while Kambulas are bonded to each other since their birth, 3/4 of them are even littermates.

Still, southern ranger did say K6 was caught by 2 Gijimas when a clash happened between Gijimas and the 5 Kambula Breakaways, and that his siblings returned to possibly help him but were chased off again till they bumped onto PCM.

We saw how after very likely being initially split by RR and Nhahru pride, K4 returned to help K5 when he thought K5 was winning the fight, but retreated when he realized RR was the one winning, then at some point K6 returned and chased RR off.

Against the Kruger male more recently, it was a bit similar with K4 advancing first while K6 stayed back being more cautious, when K6 realized they had the advantage, he approached, Kruger male broke ranks and got chased.

Back in the BDM days, it looks like similar stuff happened as initially it was reported BDM chased the Kambulas off the NK pride and had some minor injuries, but straight up the next day, Kambulas regrouped, were again with the Nkuhumas while BDM were on the run.

Kambulas also chased 1/2 Mantimahle and territorial Kruger male 2v1 ( before the elephant clash ).

So they obviously have the natural instincts of working together and helping their brothers in a clash, the issue is that their drive for dominance and confidence in a clash are low, so unless they feel they have an overwhelmingly advantage, they'd rather retreat than risk themselves to support a brother.

If BDM weren't intimidated against 4 nomads, like the others duos weren't, I bet they'd still be dominant to this day, because I don't think Kambulas would push against a more willing duo.

It's interesting, however, why they behave this way, their upbringing and environment was good, growing up in the strongest pride, leaving as nomads at the ideal age and in a big group, their slightly older brothers not showing any lack of confidence or good teamplay, and from a genetic point of view, all their ancestors we know worked well together with their siblings. Their mothers, fathers and grandparents were all more confident and stronger together at a lower age.

So I can only think that they were unlucky with whatever genes determine likelihood of high confidence, trust on one another in a clash and drive for dominance.

They underperforming in clashes shows the lack of confidence, and the roaming around abandoning territories plus tolerating many other males at the dinner table ( at a rate higher than we usually see with other males ) shows the lack of a strong drive for dominance.

It also doesn't help that everybody expected they would be a bigger than average force due to their lineage made up of big famous coalitions that took big territories ganging up on other lions and so on. Reply