Birmingham Coalition Male Lineage

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(05-14-2023, 11:17 AM)Mapokser Wrote: Now PCM and Gijimas are 5yo and are kicking everybody's butts as dominant males despite being duos, and you think Kambulas being 4 strong will wait for 2024? This makes no sense at all, a lion may not be at his absolute peak at 5 years of age, but he is so close to it that it hardly makes a difference ( PCM whooping the Birminghams with hardly any difficulty, and Gijimas defeating Talamatis, Kambulas and Nkhulus showed it very clearly ), and again, being 4 males competing with much smaller coalitions make it much easier for them to make their move.

@Mapokser PCMs are 5 years and 10 months now. Though the precise age of Gijimas is unknown, going by their first appearance at the end of 2021, it could be roughly estimated. Now, the dominant one should be around 6.5 years and the other one should be a few months less than 6 years. Neither of these coalitions had to mount a challenge for the territory against territorial males. (Initially, Gijimas were succefully driven out by Ndzhengas and only months after, the abandoned territory was taken).

KYMs ran away from Gijimas not too long ago, and one of them got mauled seriously. In that recent fight again NK, NK rose up for another round of defence but the 3 males backed off. Not just these incidents.. They seem to be moving quietly in the territories and that is clearly an effort to not attract the attention of the territorial males. I think if they get caught out by PCMs or Gijimas or the two healthy Ndzhengas, there is a risk of one of them getting mauled to death. It’s highly unlikely KYMs would mount a challenge against a territorial coalition in 2023. 

Anyway, who am I to write their script like that for the whole of 2023? It’s just a prediction and like many predictions, mine could be wrong as well.

(05-14-2023, 11:17 AM)Mapokser Wrote: 100% challenge for a territory in 2023,

Happy to wait for 7.5 months and see how it unfolds.  I watched these boys grow up since they were cubs, would be glad if I am wrong here. Reply