Avoca male lions

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@Tr1x24 Well I said "many" not "all". Genetics sure are very important indeed, some males reach 11, 12 sometimes even more than that while still looking amazing, others look thin at 10, but a healthy dominant male lion without injuries will hardly be deteriorating at 9, we usually say 8 is when they are at their absolute peak, 9 is very close to 8 for them to deteriorate so quickly and I noticed their manes are even more impressive at 9 if they are healthy.

Their life expectancy is only 8-10 because of stuff like fighting, not because they are dying of old age at 8-10.

If he has poor health/diseases, injuries or is under a lot of stress as a nomad or something then sure he'll deteriorate.

At 10 then yeah they start losing their strength and muscle mass I'd say, unless they have great genetics related to ageing.

Avocas themselves are a good example, DM and Blondie had injuries/health issues and deteriorate, while Mohawk and the southern brothers who are healthy are looking very strong, this despite DM and Blondie being younger and all of them coming from the same genetic stock. If not for injuries, disease and the stress and difficulty that comes with it DM and Blondie would still be alive and as strong as ever. Reply