Avoca male lions

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(12-28-2022, 05:06 PM)Tr1x24 Wrote: Blondie and DM where not sired by same males, as each of them are copy of 2 Avoca/Giraffes, so its very unlikely they are littermates. 

Most similar out of all 5 Avocas are Mohawk and smaller maned S. Avoca, although S. Avoca is prob older, so unlikely they are littermates either.

A lioness can carry the offspring of different males in the same litter.  It's theoretically possible to have 4 cubs with 4 different fathers in the same litter.  DNA tests aren't done so it's unknown how often that happens.

Speaking of DNA tests, it's IMPOSSIBLE to determine paternity based solely on looks.  Especially when the potential fathers are closely related.  If unrelated lions still look so much alike that we often have to resort to whisker patterns to tell them apart, then there's no way we can determine with accuracy which brother/cousin is the father based on face shape, etc.  The results of that "method" are 100% speculation and nothing more.  There is nothing at all wrong with speculating.  It can be fun.  But one person's speculation carries no more weight than another's. Reply