Lions of Sabi Sands

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(01-16-2021, 01:00 AM)sundarbans Wrote: I started following these forums after learning about the Mapogos. Undoubtedly some of the most interesting things about lions are the conflicts between coalitions and prides. But it feels like there have been a lull in outright hostilities in the Sabi Sands of late and any takeovers in the past two or three years have been largely bloodless. I think the last conflict between coalitions were the fights between the South Avocas and the Tsalala males. Have there been any other known fights which were more recent than that?

Well, with 3 Majingilanes dying of in early 2018, a big portion of Sabi Sands was empty for other coalitions to grab it freely, without a fight.. Bboys moved south and take central SS, leaving north open, which was filled by N. Avocas, S. Matimbas took free lands in western sector, and OM took free Mhangeni pride.. Only in the south, as you mentioned, S. Avocas and Tsalala's have competing against each others.. 

So all that big shift in 2018 happened without bloodbath, because demise of Majingilanes open big, free territories..

After that big of a shift, next few years are pretty stable, because all those coalitions have new prides and are spending time mating and sireing offspring with them, unless some big coalition from outside enters the area, which was in late 2019 with N'ws, but they also found empty area down south with few lioness, so they didn't have the need to attack other coalitions, for now.. So because of that there was no clashes in recent years..

Now, after around 3 years of stability, we are again on a brink of a new shift and potential clashes in future, with some coalitions getting old (Matimbas, Bboys) and others who might try to shift/expand their territory soon (N. Avocas, N'ws), theres always a possibility of new, young, nomadic males coming in, or are already here. 

It already happened in western sector, that was the first takeover in Sabi Sands since that big shift in 2018 and i expect it more thru 2021 and especially 2022 where i expect major changes in lion dynamics in Sabi Sands.. Reply