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(11-20-2016, 03:14 PM)fursan syed Wrote: i heard matimbas now controlling very small sized territory less then a size of a leopard territory . what you say about it ?
Well, it doesn't surprise me. The leopard in question was the 4:4 Robson's male, the one killed by the Tsalalas recently.
For a pair of such big lions like the Matimbas, it is...odd for them to be in such position, of holding so little territory.
I must say though, I think slowly they have expanded it a bit but they can't do it too much either.
When they tried to expand to the west, the Majingilane expelled them. To the east they have the Birmingham males, and sure as hell they don't want anything to do with them. And to the south they have two younger coalitions in the Matshapiris with whom they already had encounters and the Charleston males.
So for them any try to expand is a lose-lose situation, particularly at their age.
So far they have managed to do very good, particularly when the daughters of the Majingilane separated from their mothers, I think this move by the girls has cemented their position in Londolozi.