Avoca male lions

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(06-26-2022, 07:09 PM)WildLeonis Wrote:

(06-26-2022, 03:21 PM)Wyld@Heart Wrote:

(06-26-2022, 01:49 PM)RookiePundit Wrote: There is for sure a video of Dark Mane and Corky flowing around... BYM after the injury shadow the pride and join them when Ross males were not present and then he was one day suddenly tolerated by them and here on Wild Fact was a discussion what that is about as for multiple weeks the three acted like they partners at least to some extent (BYM probably never patroled, which would be expected due to his injury).

We're off on a tangent here but here is the video I know and it's not Dark Mane. I have never heard of any direct physical contact between Corky and DM and never seen any video of such however the interaction between Blondie and Corky is talked about to this day on WildEarth but nary a mention DM having anything to do with that hyena. Ill be happy to be proven wrong but... ja.

https://youtu.be/MOxfy85Tiw4

That video is mislabeled. This is clearly DM. The lions height. The face, specifically the nose and eye shape and the darkness of the mane gives it away. Blondie’s mane was not that dark in 2018 and neither was Mohawks. If you watch the live WE recording of this episode you’ll see in the live chat that he is identified as DM Avoca as well. In fact there is video from last year of DM chasing a leopard in the same way, injured foot and all, but thankfully the leopard was too quick and was not caught.  PaintedDog sometimes mislabels his videos. He has the video of the Imbali male chasing off DM and the Talamatis labeled as DM chases Imbali. Anyone who didn’t know who was whom would think differently. Or didn’t watch the video as I believe the WE guide does identify who was whom correctly.

I'm not good at recognizing lions' faces but the lion in the video (blondie) appears not to be DM because the lion in the video does not have the injury/fracture suffered by DM on his front right paw/leg. Reply