Lions of Manyeleti

[MrLoesoe]

RRM and Nharu pride yesterday, again with his Nharu son, the one with the assymmetric / crooked mouth, the one he was seen with also in other videos lately.

so in previous page there was discussion how old the two remaining RRM sons are. Decided to look into older Tintswalo videos and found one where there are still 4 (!) Nharu young males in the pride, including the crooked mouth boy. He had that crooked mouth from a young age. Video published in July 2022, looking at him the boy must have been 2+ years already (7:05 mark in the video). So he could very well be 4.5 - 5 years old now. His mane is getting really dark now. We also know he is quite a large young male. The other "ousted" brother I personally have not seen in footage in a long time.

What I find really interesting that, despite this son being 4.5+ years, dark mane etc, he is still being tolerated, while other sons were probably ousted much sooner. He probably has a great bond with his father and/or does not show dominant behaviour towards the females and cubs. Although, I have not seen him patrolling yet with his father, or scent marking or any of that. Like other said, hope he can team up with his father, who could use some backup in the late stages of his reign.

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