Lions of Sabi Sands

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(09-24-2020, 03:04 PM)Potato Wrote: "It was literally stated at the time that Blondie was the biggest. They also said he was larger than the Mapogos and Mak was believed by almost everyone to be a massive lion at the time."


Stated by who?

"Regarding the Birminghams, the other day Nkorho stated that the Birminghams are the most impressive lions they saw and when a Nkorho guide saw one of the Four ways pirde Males, he said " What a massive lion, reminds me of when we had the Birmingham Boys around here". That kinda tells you they think the Birminghams were quite impressive lions."

I am not saying Birminghams are tiny as probably Nhenha is third or second largest lion around althrough Dark Mane is said by Djuma guides to be larger and therefore Birmingham are not the largest lions around. 

"Nsuku was believed to be largest of the Bboys in terms of bulk at the start and Nhenha and Mfumo became much larger than him after taking over."

Nsuku was the most dominant of the coalition when the took over for the first time. He never was considered the largest tho by any meassure. 

"These boys already look decently tall. They can now bulk up and grow their manes and muscle."

Which lion around doesn't look decently tall in the arena? Which males will be smaller than Nharus? Why you think Nharus will be over avarage so by the definition larger than most lions around?

It was stated by Safari Live at the time that the Nkuhuma Males aka Blondie and Dozi were larger than the Mapogos. That's where it was stated. It was also stated by guides that Blondie was the most impressive lion they have ever saw. I'm not going to look for a specific link. Regarding Nhenha and DM, you won't know for sure who is larger but just as you said the Djuma guides thought DM was larger, it's clear the Nkorho guides who also see DM think the Birminghams were more impressive. Nevertheless Nhenha is in the conversation for largest in Sabi Sands rn and from what I've seen of DM, he has a lot of size but Nhenha just looks like a much bulkier beast. Also I don't think anyone else could be in the conversation besides Nhenha and DM for you to say third. Regarding Nsuku, the Safari Live guides literally thought he was bigger, they might have only been looking at mane but that's what they believed at the time so I'm just referring to that as an example that lions change when they enter their dominance. Last point, I don't think anyone is saying they will be the biggest lions around, the OG poster just said they will be beasts which you refuted. You also said these boys won't grow which they probably will. They can still grow in bulk and their manes can grow extremely fast with testosterone as they become more dominant. And as they grow in confidence and experience, they can be a force in Western Sabi Sand. Not only HB is in danger but also the Othawa male. They will target him next because the Othawa pride is only 3 lionesses and 4 sub adults. It won't satisfy a 3 member coalition for too long. Obviously this is only a theory. But with them in the west growing and the Birminghams in the east and the N Avocas in the North and the N'was in the south, the Othawa male is under a lot of pressure. He might be pushed back into a nomadic life or face something much worse. Reply