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09-24-2020, 04:19 AM( This post was last modified: 09-24-2020, 04:25 AM by Slayerd )
(09-24-2020, 02:54 AM)Potato Wrote: "The Thanda impi males were big males"
No guide ever said they are big neither in Manyeleti nor in Sabi Sands.
",probably not the biggest of Manyeleti"
Tintswalo guide openly said that Avoca/Giraffe were much larger.
"Skorro was much bigger and taller than Sizanani"
It was actually the opposite Sizanani left, Skorro right:
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If you want to base the potential of these boys based on genes then they have pretty incredible genes. Blondie, the father of Sizanani, was the largest male in Sabi Sands. But why only talk of their paternal genes? Their mothers are the grandaughters of the Massive Skybed Males and daughter of the old Birmingham Males who were the largest Males of the Timbevati. They are also potential Nieces of the mighty Matimbas and sisters of the Birmingham Boys who are as of rn the largest Males in Sabi Sand according to rangers. So they have the genes. These boys definitely had a stressful nomadic life as we can see from their manes that they aren't as developed as they could be. Their manes are much smaller than their brother with the Mbiri. But if they feed well and bulk up, they can undoubtedly become great specimen and a good coalition. They don't need to be the biggest lions in Kruger, the Nharu of the Timbevati aren't the biggest lions of their reserve but they are good specimen and strong lions.