Lions of Sabi Sands

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(6 hours ago)MrLoesoe Wrote:

(Yesterday, 05:46 PM)FACR2212 Wrote:

(Yesterday, 05:18 PM)KM600 Wrote: Nice to see this out of the young Nkuhuma male, with the amount of male lions he’s been around u wouldn’t be surprised at all if he just completely backed down, as he normally would when a new coalition enters the territory. He’s a fighter tho.

@KM600
Young Nkuhuma seems comfortable with his pride, and the female backed him. The Kruger male won't be enough to oust him out of the pride.

Why not? If Kruger male can stay with the pride long enough, clashes between him and the young male will become frequent and eventually he will have to leave. Isn't that how all young males are ousted - they got the sympathy of their mothers/aunts/sisters, they still feel comfortable with their natal pride, but eventually the dominant male gets enough of it. Actually I was surprised the females did not help him more.

This time the fight was not very serious. NK put up aggression first but eventually became submissive. Surely Kruger male can easily take him on even if things get more serious than it was this time. It feels like Kruger male has been on a mission from the start of his nomadic journey into Sabi Sands, he wants to be territorial again. (Not saying he easily can with all the dangers lurking.)
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(Decided to copy @FACR2212 s response in Nkuhuma tread into this thread)

In my opinion this didn't look too dissimilar to a pride male showing dominance with one of his sons, rather than an act of serious aggression. Not surprising really considering the KM's age, that he he's not going out for a full out attack that is. And the lionesses don't tend to step in in these situations, as they seem to understand how it is, so I wasn't surprised that they didn't really do anything. In fact lionesses are known to do the same thing sometimes, tell the young males it's time to leave the pride, if they overstay their welcome.

For sure the Nkuhuma young male isn't winning a fight with the KM, but I don't think it would be so unevenly matched. While still in great shape the KM is aging, and the young male is 4 now, and though he's underdeveloped mane-wise young males have speed and energy, and a certain 'explosiveness' that old males just don't have. Still though, he was right to be submissive in the end, as you noted. It would be good if he took this as his sign to leave, before far more aggressive and dangerous males catch him, such as the Mantimahles. Reply