Kambula/Ntsevu males

[NLAL11]

(Yesterday, 04:10 PM)sunless Wrote:

(Yesterday, 03:25 PM)NLAL11 Wrote: I feel bad for K4 that his brothers seemingly have just abandoned him to his injuries. In my opinion, this is a little indicative of their lack of bonds, despite three of them being littermates. It's possibly a major factor in their lack of 'strength', or inability to compete with other, smaller coalitions. As individually they're all impressive males.

I've already said that they'd be a lot weaker without K4, but I'll add now that their lack of support for each other will also be a reason why, if K4 doesn't pull through, their chances of becoming successfully territorial will be greatly diminished. If they really try to take on the Mantimahtle males for the Nkuhuma pride, which with them all roaring together seems more and more likely, I see another of the boys getting caught by the two of them, and maybe suffering a swifter fate than K4. But I hope I'm wrong.

I would not say they abandon him when he was caught alone in Chitwa or more East of Chitwa while his brothers is in Londolozi mating with K6 Ntsevu. It seems more like that he is in the wrong place at the wrong time when his brothers are not near him.

I'm not talking about when he was caught alone. I'm talking about the fact that they've all been back in the north for about a week now, and we've yet to see him with his brothers. He needs them. Lions are social animals, and (I would imagine) get depressed when they're on their own for too long, like other social animals do. I think that the companionship of his brothers would aid his recovery from a psychological standpoint, as well as safety, protection and the providing of food. He must be incredibly anxious and nervous in his vulnerable condition, which will be hindering his recovery, and the presence of his brothers would alleviate a lot of that.

But do they seem to be bothered by the absence of their brother? Have they looked for him? Of course we can't know the answer to those questions, but it seems, from observing their behaviour and movements over the last week, that they don't seem to be that concerned with the sudden absence of their brother. That's what I mean when I say that they have seemingly abandoned him, and their lack of bonds. Reply