Avoca male lions

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(10-07-2020, 10:28 PM)Gijima Wrote: I agree this definitely wasn't a violent takeover but it wasn't any less impressive than the way Bboys took over the north. For one thing, the Avocas were outnumbered... how many young males try to sneak into other male's territories like this and get isolated or cornered and killed? They definitely played the game well, and took a risk. I guess I just hate when people act like the Avocas took no risk and walked into an open territory... which wasn't the case. 


Bboys were with both prides I think until March (Nhena was mating with Amber eyes), and then when they returned in May, Nsuku had a swollen eye, a puncture wound on his head and Tinyo was slightly limping. Honestly who even knows what happened that night... it was just interesting. 

Mfumo- I think I read somewhere that the last he was seen was "up north" or "in Kruger". There was a lot of random information floating around about his disappearance and no, I really don't think Avocas had anything to do it. Having said that, he definitely went somewhere so it was just interesting to know that all of this happened around the same time.

Also you said the Avovas takeover wasn't any less impressive then the Birminghams? The Birminghams came in like a storm. They chased everything and were already pushing the Matimbas since mid 2015. They killed cubs and Lionesses and actually challenged the Matimbas up close and chased them. They also killed a male in the Manyelethi and has brawls with the Selati.They put the Thanda Impi Males into hiding. The first report of them in Londolozi, they chased 4 big males off a buffalo kill. The Birminghams then had a fight with the Selati in 2016. They beat them up and sent them north. They are also the number 1 suspects for who mauled ginger in 2016 because he was found mauled in Northern Londolozi and the Birminghams were at Elephant Plains with their own fresh wounds. They were agressive and actually pushed the Matimbas out, the Avocas entered a vacuum the Birminghams left behind. So I wouldnt compare the 2 takeovers to each other. Reply