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02-13-2025, 10:52 PM( This post was last modified: 02-13-2025, 10:55 PM by Mapokser )
It isn't even known if the Styx lioness was a Rollercoaster daughter or not.
The generation she was born in was a mix of Rollercoaster and Mapogo cubs:
Mid 2007, one of the Roller Coaster males was killed by a Crocodile. Since then, his brother has maintained dominance over the Styx pride and is believed to be the Sire of their current cubs. There have been a number of reports of the Styx lionesses seen mating with males from the Mapogo Coalition but the old Roller Coaster male is usually in attendance with the Styx pride and accepts the cubs as his. So don’t tell him they might not all be his.
The latest reports indicate the two oldest cubs were sired by the Roller Coaster male, the other seven it is unsure rather it was the Roller Coaster or the Mapogos or a combination of both that sired them. March reports indicate another lioness has very young cubs that were sired by the Mapogo/Eyrefield males.
https://wildearth.tv/2009/06/styx-pride-of-lions/
Mapogo and Rollercoaster had the same fathers though, so they looked similar, which doesn't help.