Lions of Sabi Sands

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(Yesterday, 12:48 AM)KM600 Wrote: Looks like Nkuhuma Pride will most likely split then as we thought, and it’s starting with Little Amber not being fully accepted by the Kambulas. Mantimahles haven’t mated with rest of Nkuhuma Pride and Kambulas haven’t really mated with Little Amber, K6 might have towards the end as he was seen with her but the others won’t accept her if she was to become pregnant. 

KM + S.Avoca have also only mated with Little Amber aside from that report detailing they were mating with 2 Nkuhuma lionesses a month ago, which many believe was false. 

So pretty much the only way a split doesn’t have to happen is if somehow all lionesses don’t conceive and a single coalition claims the entire pride.

I really think it's unlikely Little Amber will split off on her own. She's actually doing a very smart thing. If she's mating with all the males in a short time frame, none of them are gonna know that the cubs aren't theirs. Cedric has commented on her doing this as well, saying something along the lines of she's keeping the males occupied to take some pressure of the pride, taking one for the team. And I think he would have said something if her mating with these males meant she might split off from the rest of the pride, but he (nor any of the other guides) have given any indication of this. Obviously they can't see into the future, but they're pretty good at analysing the lion dynamics. I think it's pretty standard behaviour.

Plus I think it was confirmed that she mated with K6 (though I could be wrong), and I think either Pale Eyes or Ridge Nose's daughter was seen mating with one of the Mantimahle males. So she's not the only one. And we saw her mating with them not too long ago, so obviously she didn't conceive then. She might not this time. With things being so tumultous in the north the Nkuhumas are probably quite stressed.

Who knows what's going to happen, but I don't think Little Amber's behaviour suggests she's going to break off from the rest of the pride. Reply