Lions of Sabi Sands

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@KM600 it's not "harsh", size doesn't matter for these lions, being small or big doesn't matter, they might not even realize any size difference unless they are right next to each other.

It's just an objective observation, same way how in pre-PCM Sabi Sands, most lions weren't big, you had old Nhenha as one of the most mentioned as being the biggest, a guy while certainly not small, even in old age, wasn't one of the largest we've seen in the region. Around the same time Mara had very big males like Olerai and Half-Tail, it's just normal stuff, at some point in time a region will have large lions, then smaller lions in the next generation, and so on, we can go further back to Notch's time and see how all of them were very large, especially Notch II and then Caesar who was a monster.

Chongo isn't small, but clearly not Half-Tail level ( and they were seen together ). Oloshipa and all BrB are average, just look at them with their females. Rob has good experience with them and claims the same.

Mara lions are almost always in top condition, with full bellies as well, and have thicker mane than Kruger lions on average, but weights from Eastern African lions as well as statements by guides who spent years in both areas ( like Rob ) claims they are basically the same size body-wise. And keep in mind that the biggest Sabi Sands lions Rob saw were the Majingilane who weren't even some of the biggest around their own era.

I nevert thought Enkoyanai males were particularly impressive and admittedly aren't very familiar with Inselberg or Kaskaz males, but it reinforces my point because I've never seen anyone claim they are the largest in the area or anything like that.

Sankai males not only aren't bulky but thet aren't tall either, 1/2 their father, Olerai, was very impressive though. As for mane, I've nothing against big manes, quite the opposite, Seenka's mane looks insane IMO. Reply